[nickcarraway]

Ping

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

This is a job for Whoraldo!

[43north]

I think the excavation needs to be part of any stimulus package...

[Impy]

“If those pages are ever verified, they described the involvement of some of Lincoln’s friends, Confederate leaders, War Department Secretary Stanton, and northern businessmen.”

Fer reals?

[jeffc]

Quick! Call Ben Gates!

[Jack Hammer]

One is reliably informed that beneath the front paws of the Sphinx, and at a depth of fifty to one hundred feet, there lie the remains of a post office at which letters could be posted to the aliens who drew the Cuzco maps of Peru. Perhaps the missing pages of Booth’s diary are down there...?

[rabscuttle385]

The tunnel was featured on History Channel’s “Cities of the Underground” last night.

[Lou Budvis]

JWB also had ties to the Chicago mob and Cuban exiles who hated Lincoln for his failure to invade Cuba and kill Fidel’s great-parents.

[neb52]

Why was the subway line closed? It wasn’t open for very long.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Atlantic Avenue tunnel

Google

[nmh]

We need to “bail out” John Wilkes Booth and blame someone else. It would spread the guilt around and relieve Booth of his irresponsibility. We could rewrite history again with ? marks on who was really the guilty one and help abolish capital punishment.

[nmh]

It's a long shot and I fail to see where there is any connection to the 18 missing pages. You might as well say these 18 missing pages could be found in the nearest dump and dig away there.

“The whole tunnel is not yet excavated, however, and therein lies a very provocative possibility. According to the man who rediscovered the tunnel, Bob Diamond, the unexcavated part probably contains not only the original platform, where passengers got on and off the train, but an old locomotive. And near that locomotive MIGHT be hidden the missing pages from the diary of John Wilkes Booth, who killed President Lincoln, according to Diamond. “

I'd like to know where the evidence is that they MIGHT discover the missing pages of his diary down there. An old locomotive would be interesting and the site nostalgic but I fail to see where there is a realistic possibility that the missing pages will be found there.

[kalee]

Dixie interest ping

[NYer]

Recent color photos

Images from Bob Diamond

Images from Bob Diamond




Original drawing of the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel as it appeared in 1844.


Original map showing Long Island Railroad as part of New York to Boston Rail System (circa 1844) [Larger map].


Map of the Tunnel [Larger map].


The small steam locomotives could not negotiate steep grades.


Bob Diamond on top of backfilled area in vicinity of tunnel entrance, 1980.


Volunteer crew in completed trench and sheeted area under ConEd duct bank.