Personal Narratives: Free Offset

Growing up with a father in the military, you move around a lot more than you would like to. I was born just east of St. Louis in a city called Shiloh in Illinois. When I was two years old my dad got the assignment to move to Hawaii. We spent seven great years in Hawaii, we had one of the greatest churches I have ever been to name New Hope. New Hope was a lot like Olivet's atmosphere, the people were always friendly and there always something to keep someone busy. I used to dance at church, I did hip-hop and interpretive dance, but you could never tell that from the way I look now.

The Transcontinental Railroad was the largest project the United States had ever seen. Due to lack of technology, the enormous size of the project, and the environmental conditions, the railroad seemed to be an impossible task.  This construction project posed a huge challenge to those working on it. The railroad’s route would span nearly seven hundred

This past year, I have been apart of Naperville Central’s brand new Special Spaces club. When my friend approached me and asked me to join, I agreed even though I had no clue what I was involving myself in. In retrospective, I can honestly say that becoming a part of Special Spaces has been one of the most meaningful, fun, and fulfilling experiences I have had in high school.

The Tunnel rested above the preexisting, subterranean subway line. These steel tunnel sections were assembled in Baltimore, Maryland, over 650 kilometers away from Boston, and then transported by boat (Hall, 2006).

However, I could not begin our mission until I had received a radio confirmation on the exact location for the drop zone. Meanwhile, I made sure my troops had extra ammunition and plenty of water because it was going to be a long and exhausting night. Finally, a few minutes before 2400 hours I received a radio confirmation that gave the exact grid coordinates of the drop zone. Just then we spotted a plane pass by and drop something. I raised my hand and quickly moved it

He and James then used a couple of chain saws to cut down tree limbs from the oaks and pines that lined the embankment of Black Bottom Creek. With the help of Laura they used them to fill in any gaps in the blockade, thereby completely closing off any remaining entryways they could see becoming problematic. The last thing they had time to do before the dead started making their way back over to the bridge after having heard all the clamor, was to slide in some fence posting. They then wrapped the posts with cattle wire hooking it all up to a series of car batteries via jumper cables and an amplifier.

Above the ground families waited very anxiously to hear news about their loved ones, they even set up a camp that they called "Camp Hope" where they stayed so they would be there as soon as any news was released about their loved ones trapped below. They waited like what seemed forever, but on day 17 after the collapse the rescuers finally broke though to the men below. The men below attached notes to the wench that broke though to inform the rescues that they had struck the right place. The men were thrilled but they were not prepared for the long ways they still had to go.

Upon taking a flashlight, brand new with full battery life, into the tunnel, I found the fuse box that controls the lights overhead. After opening it, I found all the fuses were in perfect condition and functional, once confirming this fact I proceeded to move the switch into an upwards position to test if power was still coming in. To my surprise, the light came on without hesitation, save for the few that blew out instantly. With the lights now on, I ventured farther into the tunnel to record its length and depth. At around one mile in, the smell of decay and old blood was becoming stronger and the walls were beginning to turn red from what I can confirm to be blood, purely that of a

She got in and had so many questions to ask which is as expected from her. We flew off in the direction we last saw the space car speed off towards. There was no sight of where the car possibly went, but we continued going farther and farther out into what appeared to be nowhere. The cool calm air rushed through my hair as we continued or journey, it was silent except for the noise of the humming engine. We decided to delay our pursuit since we had been up all night and find a place to park the Mustang so we could get some sleep.

They escaped by carving holes in there cell with nail clippers, and stolen spoons. after months of digging they had a hole big enough for each of them to fit in. on the night of June 11, 1962 these three men were gone. In the wall was the plumbing that led to a vent that was not covered by concrete like the other ones had been. they climbed to the roof and carefully and maneuvered their way down a five foot building.

By the late 1950’s to 1960’s construction began of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Tunnel, which runs directly below the base of Chair 4. During this time period, Chairs 3 and 4 were built also by Heron Engineering.

I wiped the sweat from my forehead, as I seemed to be doing every five minutes at this point. Our crew was on break, but it was hardly much of one. We were simply waiting for the next piece of the puzzle to be cut and handed to us. The crew on the floor lifted the piece to us and we hoisted it onto our shoulders as we began our ascent. After a few seconds, we came to an abrupt halt, as we often did on the old machine, and lifted the sheet of drywall up onto the thirty-foot-high wall and began to drill it into place. Once we were finished, we returned safely to the ground and awaited the next piece to hang. Waiting gives a person plenty of time to think, and it was around the second day of my first trip, five years ago, that I realized what

The tunnel, 85 miles in length, runs primarily through shale, a stone that is conducive to tunneling. But, in two places the reservoir pipe goes through limestone, which is brittle and not conducive for tunneling. The limestone retains water, which is the reason the architects at the time chose to line these segments with steel. Unlike stone, with steel water cannot permeate through causing damage surrounding the tunnel.

Have you ever heard about the Gotthard Base tunnel? Well if you haven't the Gotthard Base Tunnel is a the world longest railroad tunnel. It is 57 kilometers long which is 37 miles and it took 17 years to build. The Swiss had always dreamed of a tunnel like this. The Swiss engenieers conquered the Aples to build it. The Gotthard Tunnel is part of a broader multi tunnel project. The tunnel cost more than 12 billion Swiss francs. Many products from across Europe cross the Swiss Alps.

The Central Artery/Tunnel Project, also known as the Big Dig, is one of the most expensive, technically challenging, and largest public projects in American history. The Big Dig was a super-project that was created to reroute the “Central Artery of Interstate 93, the main roadway through the core of the city, into the 1.5 mile Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Tunnel.” The construction of the Big Dig “untangled the co-mingled” traffic in Boston, Massachusetts and resulted in a 62% decrease in vehicle hours of travel and reduced the afternoon peak hour by a massive 85.6%.