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I'm reminded of the battle of the crater.[0] Basically, during the civil war a bunch of miners under the command of General Ambrose Burnside dug a tunnel under
by unimpressive 14y ago
I'm reminded of the battle of the crater.[0]
Basically, during the civil war a bunch of miners under the command of General Ambrose Burnside dug a tunnel underneath a confederate fort, and then blew it up.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Crater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Crater
- andrewcooke 14y agoand i'm reminded of this - http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19900131&id=IXtPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vlEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5085,3124369 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19900131&#... actually met some of the escapees, in paris, several years ago now. it's not a smart idea to lock up a bunch of mining engineers in an old jail... (iirc they used plastic coca-cola bottles [la leche negra del imperialismo!], end to end, to make a pipe down which they pumped air to breath; they also had rails and a trolley).
- adharmad 14y agoRelatively more recent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu_Chi_tunnels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu_Chi_tunnels
- _delirium 14y agoSome other fairly recent examples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone#Incursion_tunnels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone#Incur... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_smuggling_tunnels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_smuggling_tunnels