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Jul 19, 2008

Giant rig carves new tunnel beneath NYC's streets (AP)

A couple of sandhogs work in the East bound tunnel of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's East Side Access project Thursday, July 17, 2008 in New York. A 200-ton tunnel boring machine recently mined its way through bedrock 140 feet below the surface of Manhattan, leaving a mile-long tunnel that will connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - A huge, granite-eating machine that spent the past eight months chewing a mile-long tunnel beneath a busy Manhattan office district is getting a rest, of sorts, after completing its journey to Grand Central Terminal.