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    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 at 6:23pm
New article about West Allis bldg site


https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/west-allis-tunnel
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Very interesting ! Thanks for this
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Always good to have a tunnel for sneaking off to the club.
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"There is no immediate danger of collapse," the source said. "Judging by how hard it was to open a small hole, the whole structure still seems very solid."      I wouldn't have expected anything but this from the great engineers at A-C.  Thanks for sharing this story.  Much appreciated!
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Very informative article. Thanks for sharing.
Another great behind-the-scene AC engineering. Very handy & very NECESSARY!
I imagine AC collaborated/cooperated with numerous other companies, some domestic & some foreign that required CONFIDENTIALITY and/or non-competitive & competitive alliances. No one would think anything about seeing an AC company vehicle come & go, especially unknowing about its visiting personnel passengers. Once inside the plant, visiting personnel could be escorted within contractual limitations to specific engineering offices, conference rooms, work areas during shifts, between & after shifts to facilitate tooling, etc, etc. During their stay, ALL visiting person(s) requires food, drinks, exercise, relaxation, breaks from working, overnight accommodations, etc.. While all this happens; NOTHING LEAKS about who, when, where, why, etc.

During serious LABOR STRIKES, this tunnel probably enabled executives, management, accounting, office staff, foremans, and specific line workers a SAFE/HIDDEN entry/exit to/from work, ALL OUT-of-site of the MEDIA’s news photographers, news cameras, news anchor persons, & picket lines.

Extremely COLD upper Midwest winters would be reason enough for such a tunnel to LUNCH. TORNADO warnings make a tunnel a necessity though. Probably 100s of staff could quickly drill into it for SAFETY?

Not to go un-mentioned, PROHIBITION during the early 1900s along with their speak-easies often had backrooms, tunnels, etc.??

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