willbeclimbin Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 does anyone know anything about the odd tunnel in "the country" area at the index lower town walls? (the one with the white bricks and old metal white door). Ive known about it for awhile, but never really inspected it until earlier today. I put my ear up to the door and heard a buzzing noise, somewhat like that of an air conditioning unit. I thought that to be a bit strange, since i expected that it was long-abandoned. if anyone can quench my curiosity about the mystery tunnel, please do so! Quote
lancegranite Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 The moorlocks only come out to retrobolt cracks. Quote
MervGriffin Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 The moorlocks only come out to retrobolt cracks. Definitely Morlocks in there. I's seens them! Quote
Drederek Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 UW has a seismology setup in there. Don't know if they drilled it out or there was a previous use. FYI Moorlocks are choppers not retrobolters! Quote
Szyjakowski Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 ASK mattP; he has been on the inside......... Quote
lancegranite Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 (edited) The moorlocks might have been Index local girls out for a evening stroll.... scary enough thou.... I have been into the tunnel, it was drilled to test the "Chunnel" drilling equipment. There is a Quansit hut inside, the test equipment in inside that. Edited July 15, 2004 by lancegranite Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 We saw some UW Physics folks there one time. They mumbled something about having to release the radon and said something about using the facility to detect neutrinos or something. Lancegranite is correct that it was used to test the Chunnel drilling equipment. Quote
ken4ord Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 said something about using the facility to detect neutrinos or something. What, why would anybody monitor who is climbing with Neutrinos. Quote
tomtom Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 said something about using the facility to detect neutrinos or something. What, why would anybody monitor who is climbing with Neutrinos. Al-Quida connection. Quote
Bill_Simpkins Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 said something about using the facility to detect neutrinos or something. What, why would anybody monitor who is climbing with Neutrinos. Nice one. Quote
willbeclimbin Posted July 16, 2004 Author Posted July 16, 2004 thanks for the feedback guys. being a physics major, i can certainly say that that couldnt possibly be a site for a neutrino detector, although the morlocks could have invented a new method of detection, using chopped bolts and mangled hangers to reflect the gamma radiation from the sun. or something like that. it looked like something savage drilled that hole though. i wouldnt want to meet the chunnel digger in a dark alley in belltown. peace and thanks. Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted July 16, 2004 Posted July 16, 2004 hmmmm, maybe they were doing something else... like the fifth force? i really don't remember -- it's been about a year since I bumped into them. and my physics knowledge is primarily mechanics and optics. but they've got to be taking advantage of the immense amount of dense rock surrounding them. Quote
willbeclimbin Posted July 17, 2004 Author Posted July 17, 2004 fifth force, eh? sounds more like star trek! Quote
crazyjizzy Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 1) No, it was not used to test the chunnel equipment. It was drilled first in 1983, then again in 1986, and a final time that I do not remember, to test some new technology by the Robbins Co. Robbins did supply drill equipment to the Chunnel, but not these drills. At the most, these drills were smaller prototypes. The UW uses the tunnel to detect particles much smaller that neutrinos. Quote
willbeclimbin Posted July 18, 2004 Author Posted July 18, 2004 much smaller than neutrinos? i dont mean to get into a physics discussion on a climbing forum...but i not so sure that it would be possible to detect any smaller particles without a gigantic tank of water buried several miles underground. plus, smaller particles (ie: bosons, fermions, muons, and gluons) are just as easily created, detected, and studied in a laboratory. sorry about that just had to be an asshole and set things straight. Quote
crazyjizzy Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 BFD, so I am not a physics major either. But they are trying to detect some form of matter or energy that is beyond my (and quite probably yours,) ability to comprehend. Quote
willbeclimbin Posted July 21, 2004 Author Posted July 21, 2004 man that sure showed me. id better just leave my ego at home when dealing with crazyjz from now on. Quote
SnowByrd Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 much smaller than neutrinos? i dont mean to get into a physics discussion on a climbing forum...but i not so sure that it would be possible to detect any smaller particles without a gigantic tank of water buried several miles underground. plus, smaller particles (ie: bosons, fermions, muons, and gluons) are just as easily created, detected, and studied in a laboratory. sorry about that just had to be an asshole and set things straight. ahhhh...Sudbury are we talking minute explosions and gravitational fields here? or you got other ideas? Quote
MPaul_Hansen Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 Point of clarification... The Robbins Co of Kent WA has tested its prototype TBM's locally for many, many years...ie Tunnel Boring Machines that include pre-slotting the rock working face with high-pressure water jets [per Flow Industries' technology...and many other features]. Some features are indirect spin-offs from the local aerospace industry. Yes, some UG tunnels in the Cascades have been used for research in the past. A new particle physics research proposal can be viewed at: http://www.mocha.phys.washington.edu/NUSEL/ Quote
moonrover Posted July 24, 2004 Posted July 24, 2004 I heard it was something about testing the gravitational forces that that huge amount of rock actually causes. I can find out more... know a physics grad student who told me about it once. Me being a non-physics person I just said "cool!" and kept driving. Quote
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