$1.5B project to fix aqueduct serving NYC begins

A plume of smoke rises out of the shaft after nearly 400 pounds of explosives were set off on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, in Newburgh, N.Y. Crews trying to stop a critical underground aqueduct from leaking millions of gallons of water a day as it flows from the Catskills region to New York City are blasting 900 feet down through bedrock to build a ... (more)

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