Everything about The Bathtub totally explained
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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