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Venice on 106th Street: Scenes from a Subway Flooding

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By Matt Chaban 9/20/11 8:44am

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In a show rivaling the hurricane response, the M.T.A. has cleaned up a good 10-feet of standing water in the Harlem subways yesterday after a century-old water main burst at 106th Street. The main burst around 11:30 a.m. yesterday, and subway service on the A, B, C and D lines was restored at 5:00 a.m. this morning, just in time for the morning rush. Herewith are some photos of the clean-up from M.T.A photographer Patrick Cashin.

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Workers clearing water from the 125th Street station.
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This is when the M.T.A. deploys the gondolas.
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The water main break caused craters in the street.
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Pump it up!
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All hands on deck.
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Watch out for the third rail.
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Workhorses.
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Headed for the gutter.
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Nasty.
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Just another day in the subways.

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AL Grande says:

September 20, 2011 at 5:51 pm

This is what Plumbers are made of …

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