The Bathtub

The Bathtub

The Bathtub refers to the underground foundation area at the site of the World Trade Center and accompanying buildings in New York City.

"The Bathtub" encompasses a large, roughly rectangular excavation down to bedrock surrounded by reinforced concrete walls, intended to serve as dams to prevent water intrusion from the nearby Hudson River (North River). Built to keep water out, it also holds water in, which is why it has earned the nickname. "The Bathtub" contains a 16 acre (65,000 m²) site, including seven basement levels, the downtown terminal of the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rapid transit line, and a preexisting New York City Subway line. The waterproof wall is three feet (~1 meter) thick and 70 feet (~21 meters) high.

It was feared that the wall might collapse during the removal of debris from the September 11th attacks, endangering workers and possibly compromising other buildings and flooding a significant portion of the subway system. To prevent this, reinforcements were attached to bedrock to shore up the bathtub walls.

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*Cite web
title = World Trade Center "Bathtub": From Genesis to Armageddon
accessdate = 2007-05-16
url = http://www.nae.edu/nae/bridgecom.nsf/weblinks/CGOZ-58NLJ9?OpenDocument


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