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UER Forum > Archived UE Website Updates > New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!) (Viewed 446 times)
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New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
< on 8/31/2003 7:03 AM >
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http://uem.minimanga.com/mcgill

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 1 on 8/31/2003 8:08 AM >
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*amazed*

The next time you're in Toronto, you guys should come see the York University tunnel system. Not as old as your McGill tunnels, but some pretty neat features as you are no doubt aware.

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 2 on 8/31/2003 10:13 AM >
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Woah, seems huge, I once found an underground passage at UQAM but nothing as "superextraordinarisimo" as thoses old-school tunnels, bravo =)

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 3 on 8/31/2003 4:43 PM >
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wow...I dont think ill ever be able to read or see everything in that section!

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 4 on 8/31/2003 5:17 PM >
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actually molson stadium is related to the beer brand, it was built from donations many years ago by the molson family. The molsons at one time were into everything in montreal. Like the bronfmans ) Great work guys keep it up

PS that funky gandalf thing is a sort of modem, our ibm 4381 where i work uses em
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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 5 on 8/31/2003 5:37 PM >
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The stadium might have been built with the help of Molson money, but it was *named* after Percival Molson, a university student who was killed during World War I. That's what we meant.

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 6 on 8/31/2003 5:38 PM >
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true he did bequeeth his fortune to the university got to say you guys are very thourough!!! the only places ive done this in depth are the big owe, eatons (prior to the renovations) the montreal general hospital and place ville marie. You guys are good!
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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 7 on 8/31/2003 5:51 PM >
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http://uem.minimanga.com/mcgill/tunnels/central/photos/tcentral42.jpg
hehe you should see some of the obstacles in the tunnels up here. Unfortunately, they are some of the better features of the tunnels. At one point, there's a 36" diameter steel sewer pipe at the same level as the tunnel. They built a high ceilinged room over it, and the pipes go up and over. I was left to slither over the thing. I don't think I have pictures of that one. I do have these ones:

http://www.gnometoys.com/~krazy/expos/steam/images/14.jpg

Here's a big pipe I had to go under:
http://www.gnometoys.com/~krazy/expos/steam/images/47.jpg

http://www.gnometoys.com/~krazy/expos/steam/images/85.jpg

edit:
http://uem.minimanga.com/mcgill/tunnels/midnorth/photos/tmidnorth20.jpg
looks like fiberglass.
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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 8 on 8/31/2003 6:09 PM >
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the pumphouse reminds me of when (for work) i was in the atwater treatment plant. its a gorgeous building with lots of areas where people are conspicuous by their absence!!!

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 9 on 8/31/2003 7:13 PM >
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... !!
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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 10 on 8/31/2003 9:08 PM >
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Tux, I think you should just check your logs and never speak of it again. You're too anxious sometimes.

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 11 on 8/31/2003 9:33 PM >
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WONDERFUL!
I love college explorations, so I absolutely ate this one up. I read every page, saw every image, and I'm currently watching every video.

I probably cost you guys a ton of bandwidth but I really loved every moment of this report :p THANK YOU for a great read.

~EDIT: I forgot to mention that you guys are either super hardcore-gosu or completely insane for going tunneling in the middle of the day. I can't decide which! ~
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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 12 on 8/31/2003 10:37 PM >
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Heh. I guess we're pretty hardcore. Though we were pretty confident there was no one around after awhile. We just worked with what we had. If during the day was when we could get in, then that's when we went.

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 13 on 8/31/2003 10:53 PM >
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Awesome job guys, that was a very thorough exploration.

Going during the day is really a good plan, whenever it's possible. It does give you the "I took a wrong turn and got lost" option if you run into someone, much more believable than in the middle of the night Of course, you do up your chances of running into people there though...

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 14 on 9/1/2003 3:16 PM >
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In our case it would go something like:

I took a wrong turn, followed an underground passage to a wall of dirt, which I clambered over onto some oxygen tanks and junk. I noticed this tiny metal door with pipes going into it, so I opened it up and crawled in. Eventually I came to this sort of wall of pipes, which I climbed through, acquiring this burn you see here, and then I was in this odd tunnel! Imagine that! So I set off walking down the tunnel, looking for an exit, or perhaps a cafeteria or vending machine, since I was getting a bit hungry, and then I met you sir! This flashlight? Well I always carry it with me, and I was using the camera to take pictures of flowers earlier. Unfortunately I seem to have misplaced the memory card, otherwise I'd show you!

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 15 on 9/1/2003 6:56 PM >
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Heh.

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 16 on 9/1/2003 7:09 PM >
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Hey, at least thats better then my "I inadvertantly slipped over your barbed wire perimeter fence, then accidentally ended up scaling your inner 25 foot *non-climbable* fence, and climbed down into the prison yard with my grappling hook and rope I like to carry just for fun, then ended up inside some of the prison buildings somehow. The camera ? uhmm, I am a pornographer, I thought I saw someone naked over here..."

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Re: New on UEM: McGill University!! (Including 22 Buildings, Steam Tunnels and Reservoir!)
<Reply # 17 on 9/6/2003 10:12 PM >
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WOWOWOW UEM I WNAT 2 B JIST LIKER U WEN I GREW UP

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