The Secret Infrastructure Beneath NYC - Cheddar Explains

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  • Опубліковано 16 вер 2019
  • Above ground, it's a concrete jungle - centuries of buildings of all different shapes and kinds. But what about underground? We take you on a journey deep under the island of Manhattan to explore what lies below the biggest city in America.
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  • @brentburgess5218
    @brentburgess5218 4 роки тому +1587

    The mail system is the first version of the internet. A series of tubes for sending messages... And cats.

    • @sarah-li4zw
      @sarah-li4zw 4 роки тому +10

      Lol

    • @francesbates7607
      @francesbates7607 4 роки тому +53

      Did the cat make it? What was the purpose of that experiment?

    • @w.s.soapcompany94
      @w.s.soapcompany94 4 роки тому +42

      When you make it to the edge of technology you can be sure a cat will be there waiting to push you over the edge.

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 4 роки тому +18

      @@francesbates7607, I think it was to see if the pneumatic tube system can handle bulkier packages. Much like Amazon using drone service for package delivery, except this was done in a manner similar to what Seth Brundle did with the baboons in the Telepods before he sent himself through (with disasterous results manifesting later on).

    • @Aivottaja
      @Aivottaja 3 роки тому +5

      @@ryanwbourquin
      Lighten up there, princess.

  • @aaaaaaa_aaaaaaaaaa
    @aaaaaaa_aaaaaaaaaa 4 роки тому +5802

    You can't just talk about a mysterious mirror room and just go on with the video

    • @agevivoku
      @agevivoku 4 роки тому +597

      funny, because i cant even find anything about it online

    • @bobsteve4812
      @bobsteve4812 4 роки тому +76

      agevivoku Same

    • @dala7069
      @dala7069 4 роки тому +436

      Yeah me either. I’ll check the cumrag of the internet, reddit

    • @takkischitt
      @takkischitt 4 роки тому +251

      Yeah, they need to give the source as to where they got the info from.

    • @voidofspaceandtime4684
      @voidofspaceandtime4684 4 роки тому +61

      @@agevivoku yep. tried every term I know. maybe someone can contact conEd themselves?

  • @census3370
    @census3370 3 роки тому +948

    Her: “Don’t randomly dig, let’s leave it to the professionals”
    Also Her: “Professionals cost the city 300 million a year in errors.”

    • @cucuawe465
      @cucuawe465 3 роки тому +78

      Amateurs could triple the cost,lol

    • @contentlocked99
      @contentlocked99 3 роки тому +19

      I'll fix her mistakes any day of the week

    • @sharbellchapaletikabacha3876
      @sharbellchapaletikabacha3876 3 роки тому +4

      Who digs trough sidewalks in NYC. Out of all the random stuff that happens thats not one you see everyday to be the tip the video closes with lol. Also looks like underneath the city is more interesting then the city itself.

    • @badandy102
      @badandy102 3 роки тому +22

      Amateurs could easily triple, quadruple or more of that price because they don't have the training professionals do. Even professionals make mistakes....That's why professional drivers, pilots, among others have accidents at times

    • @contentlocked99
      @contentlocked99 3 роки тому

      @@badandy102 As in amateurs don't comprehend the scale of their actions? And could bring huge consequences compared to a master or journeyman mistake being a drop in the bucket?

  • @SNN788
    @SNN788 3 роки тому +181

    Sandhogs, cat launchers, chinese gangwars, ancient ships, and lost highways. There is some wild shit going on under NYC.

  • @armin6242
    @armin6242 4 роки тому +731

    8:00 "So maybe dont just start digging on a random sidewalk, we should leave it to the professionals"
    Yeah because New Yorkers love taking their shovel for a spin on 5th Avenue every Saturday

    • @mrfattypancakes
      @mrfattypancakes 4 роки тому +33

      I loved that that was the final point she made all this about

    • @Retailman100
      @Retailman100 4 роки тому +37

      @@mrfattypancakes Prosecutor:
      Dr. Venkman, would you please tell the court why you and your co-defendants took it upon yourselves to dig a very big hole in the middle of 1st Avenue?
      Peter Venkman:
      Well, there are so many holes in 1st Avenue, we really didn't think anyone would notice.

    • @matthewandrade1893
      @matthewandrade1893 4 роки тому +9

      Actually I do enjoy taking my shovel out on the weekends to dig all over Manhattan. Why? Because i get paid more money on weekends.

    • @EternaLivesMatter
      @EternaLivesMatter 4 роки тому +6

      I've seen some pretty weird things on the streets of New York City I wouldn't put it past someone ..lol

    • @pepop6922
      @pepop6922 3 роки тому +2

      Ghostbusters 2

  • @kimberlygreenland3785
    @kimberlygreenland3785 4 роки тому +1045

    Well this raises a lot more questions than it answers, that's for sure.

    • @thomaskelly6554
      @thomaskelly6554 4 роки тому +31

      New York City built on a Marsh...
      Buildings on solid bed rock....
      Cassions in place to support massive Structures !
      Contractors best .know what there doing..

    • @niko2002
      @niko2002 4 роки тому

      Thomas Kelly well said

    • @jackinkc767
      @jackinkc767 4 роки тому +7

      Also, unique pronunciation, unique measurements, and incomplete research.

    • @josephgoulet1565
      @josephgoulet1565 3 роки тому

      Uaawaaaaassßdeee

    • @ejolguin1282
      @ejolguin1282 3 роки тому +8

      Did talk about the whole city for human trafficking that gos on .....they ant building water 3 or that highway isn't closed

  • @Touhid
    @Touhid 4 роки тому +852

    Ninja Turtles are living under Chinatown then.

  • @kaptainkaos1202
    @kaptainkaos1202 4 роки тому +417

    It’s “pneuMATic” not pneuMONic”.

    • @coldlogiccrusader365
      @coldlogiccrusader365 3 роки тому +44

      Yes!!! and Insulator NOT "Insulent" If you desire another good laugh, then, replay at @02:12 to see what I'm talking about.

    • @ofcv1238
      @ofcv1238 3 роки тому +1

      Howard Black : malapropism

    • @djbenito406
      @djbenito406 3 роки тому +20

      @@coldlogiccrusader365 Insulant is actually a word... And no I'm not talking about insolent. It is uncommonly used these days, the more common term is insulation. An insulator is a material that doesn't readily conduct heat or sound but can also be used to describe a device or material that doesn't readily conduct electricity. They can all three be used interchangeably in this instance. Though, I've mostly heard insulator used when talking about electricity.

    • @LanternOfLiberty
      @LanternOfLiberty 3 роки тому +15

      It is also "ET cetera", not "ECK cetera".

    • @joeplavin
      @joeplavin 3 роки тому +7

      @@LanternOfLiberty YES, thank you!

  • @nickgehr6916
    @nickgehr6916 4 роки тому +2766

    Just ignore that ninja turtles have been living down there for decades

    • @cheddar
      @cheddar  4 роки тому +295

      We're not gonna blow up their spot like that.

    • @HIRED7DAYS
      @HIRED7DAYS 4 роки тому +8

      😂😂 best comment i seen all day

    • @ilener1698
      @ilener1698 4 роки тому +8

      I wasn’t ready, I had forgotten about those turtles. LOL 🤣🤣🤣

    • @nyctenthusiast3507
      @nyctenthusiast3507 4 роки тому +10

      As a new york city resident i can confirm this is true

    • @STUDYALLAH365
      @STUDYALLAH365 4 роки тому +5

      🐢⚔️

  • @ericb950
    @ericb950 4 роки тому +180

    New York is mind boggling, been there once, and very thankful for that opportunity. London is also equally impressive as far as how complex the underworld, if you will, is. I hope I could explore more of such older cities around the world.

    • @OriginalKingRichTv
      @OriginalKingRichTv 2 роки тому +1

      I been to nyc loads of times. Never been to London. What’s it like

    • @joestrike8537
      @joestrike8537 2 роки тому +5

      @@OriginalKingRichTv it's big and everyone talks with those funny accents you only hear in movies or on TV

    • @cristhianyadhir5888
      @cristhianyadhir5888 2 роки тому

      @@joestrike8537 how big is it ? Like Philly or Chicago?

    • @HardCold-Alquan
      @HardCold-Alquan Рік тому

      London ain't about nuthin. it is only the seat of an imperial machine.

    • @insanusmaximus2857
      @insanusmaximus2857 Рік тому +2

      New York is so fascinating, with the planning and engineering involved in its history. I can only imagine what secrets the older European cities have hidden beneath them.

  • @whillysilly8971
    @whillysilly8971 4 роки тому +103

    Imagine what's down further. Imagine how many people are underneath you while you're in new York City

    • @tylercooper4405
      @tylercooper4405 3 роки тому +3

      @Nick Fanchette lmao

    • @9ine6ix4ourtwenty6
      @9ine6ix4ourtwenty6 3 роки тому +7

      Celebrities who faked their death

    • @sunshineimperials1600
      @sunshineimperials1600 3 роки тому +10

      Hidden cities that only the 1% of the 1% can access. Tunnels where kidnapped people go to to get to these secret cities.

  • @ceorich8330
    @ceorich8330 4 роки тому +98

    This video was cool when I first watched it but after doing research almost all the stated tunnels and discoveries where misleading and you guys gave little to no details.

  • @TheClumsyFairy
    @TheClumsyFairy 4 роки тому +849

    1:31 The mnemonic tube??? So it's a tube that helps you remember something?

    • @RotchildFrancoisJr
      @RotchildFrancoisJr 4 роки тому +213

      Lmao glad someone else noticed 😂 PNEUMATIC

    • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
      @user-vn7ce5ig1z 4 роки тому +98

      "Pneumonic tubes" are just a synonym for bronchi; they let you shoot cats around in your lungs.

    • @nedisahonkey
      @nedisahonkey 4 роки тому +82

      So glad I'm not the only one. I really wish this channel would clean up the sloppy mistakes. It's not that hard to hire a competent person or crowd source shit like that.

    • @RyanVasquez6089
      @RyanVasquez6089 4 роки тому +42

      Fuck that drove me CRAZY. 😤😤😤 THEY NEED TO BE RIPPED A NEW HOLE FOR THAT. Everyone knows it's supposed to be pneumatic.

    • @sarleysarleysarley
      @sarleysarleysarley 4 роки тому +33

      PNEUMATIC, not mnemonic!

  • @Bradlee297
    @Bradlee297 4 роки тому +115

    Imagine the secrets hiding under there

  • @lindahernandez503
    @lindahernandez503 4 роки тому +85

    You forgot about the Draco sex trafficking tunnels.

  • @ventolin63
    @ventolin63 Рік тому +15

    Your NY series is absolutely wonderful! Professionally researched and delivered.I cannot believe I get to see this quality material on UA-cam while our dear main stream media channels deliver bs 24/7 and it's not even good bs! Thank you for the work you put in, it's really great to get to see such well prepared material. Btw, I subscribed :)

  • @guidocarello
    @guidocarello 4 роки тому +636

    You should work on making your sources more detailed. Stating facts like the ones on this video wich have almost no trace anywhare make people doubt about the content of your videos.

    • @jakeelo
      @jakeelo 4 роки тому +52

      Agreed, this video is full of blatant inaccuracies bordering on negligence.

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 4 роки тому +3

      *anywhere

    • @durden441
      @durden441 4 роки тому +23

      I was just about to comment this. I can't corroborate the interesting facts I tried to learn more about then went to the video summary and realized there are absolutely no sources cited. How are we supposed to believe any of this.

    • @underwaterdick
      @underwaterdick 4 роки тому +4

      This video raised more questions with me about some of the inconsistencies than it did give me new information.
      Construction of water tunnel 3 began in 1970 but has been in work 15 years? As an example. This point just needed a little more explaining.

    • @theflatearthsociety
      @theflatearthsociety 4 роки тому +32

      @@underwaterdick They said 50 years...its almost 2020...

  • @hectorb8914
    @hectorb8914 4 роки тому +440

    “Very detailed maps”
    *shows the least detailed map I’ve ever seen*

  • @robertblake7145
    @robertblake7145 2 роки тому +1

    Extremely well done. The format is a great blend of a very pleasant voice and excellent graphics and is just long enough.
    Thanks!
    Bob

  • @craigcook9715
    @craigcook9715 3 роки тому +58

    San Francisco also has a lot of buried ships (and it's a much newer city), a lot of them from the 19th century gold rush. SF also has tunnels where drunk men were taken onto ships to be impressed into service as sailors (as does Portland, Oregon). I was most intrigued by the tunnels under Chinatown and the abandoned highway. I wonder if that abandoned highway could be refurbished to be used as a storm shelter?

    • @jessicacossin6282
      @jessicacossin6282 Рік тому +3

      That's where the term "Shanghai'd" came from I read.

    • @Razzy-sr4oq
      @Razzy-sr4oq Рік тому +3

      If it's anything like the salt mines deep under Detroit, they may use LOMEX as storage for salt trucks and parade floats. Have you read about the stuff underneath Chicago? It's like a darker, more warped version of Venice.

    • @jyanezny
      @jyanezny Рік тому +3

      Or refurbish the underground highway to a bomb shelter the way things are going.

    • @danielfinley-pesti6661
      @danielfinley-pesti6661 Рік тому

      refurbishment is for iphones, not stanky old freeways… get a clue, catch my drift, n00b

    • @danielfinley-pesti6661
      @danielfinley-pesti6661 Рік тому

      @@Razzy-sr4oq link?? 😅 i’m too lanky to look for a linky myself 😩🥺😭

  • @raphaelroshwalb5500
    @raphaelroshwalb5500 4 роки тому +272

    I literally have live in nyc for all of my life and never knew this

    • @silentwhisper7099
      @silentwhisper7099 4 роки тому +13

      Oh my I though I was the only one who didn't know about this I was born and live in NY for 34 years. I knew about this subways and the water lines and the electric lines but all the other stuff I had no idea

    • @ericn7975
      @ericn7975 3 роки тому +2

      Manhattan or outside?

    • @raphaelroshwalb5500
      @raphaelroshwalb5500 3 роки тому +5

      @@ericn7975 Bronx and Manhattan

    • @Ryanhelpmeunderstand
      @Ryanhelpmeunderstand 3 роки тому +1

      Wow

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 3 роки тому +13

      My uncle knew how to take shortcuts through these tunnels. It was amazing to me how he figured it out. I no longer live in New York City but remember my uncle's tunnel trekking. I never asked him how he learned these shortcuts. He took us on some tunnel treks a few times. He avoided all the crowding above and got from place to place very fast, without a car.

  • @toxicbambi6208
    @toxicbambi6208 4 роки тому +396

    I can't find anything on that mirror room! Was hoping to find a picture or something. Anyone know what it's referred to as? It has to have a Wikipedia page.

    • @tjmower321
      @tjmower321 4 роки тому +75

      Mirror room aka “blue waffle images” in google

    • @toxicbambi6208
      @toxicbambi6208 4 роки тому +42

      @@tjmower321 why did you feel the need to say that. Like, did you think it would work?

    • @toxicbambi6208
      @toxicbambi6208 4 роки тому +5

      @Sam Lutfi dang 😔

    • @toxicbambi6208
      @toxicbambi6208 4 роки тому +4

      @@Luke-ur4sz it redirects to a google books page about the mirror room. No pictures tho

    • @halonothing1
      @halonothing1 4 роки тому +8

      That's probably why they didn't include any more information about it on here. Which makes me wonder why they even mentioned it. It's common sense in journalism that if you can't get corroborating information about what you're reporting on, you don't report on it. Since there's no way to confirm whether it's true or not.

  • @metro-sn
    @metro-sn 3 роки тому +12

    3:19 Lexington Ave - 63rd street is actually one of the deepest stations in the city.

  • @lunamaria7467
    @lunamaria7467 4 роки тому +94

    Watch the UA-cam documentary "OUT THE SHADOWS". It will definitely answer some of your questions about these underground tunnels...

    • @giosalazar7342
      @giosalazar7342 4 роки тому +1

      Please watch & share www.davidicke.com/article/569853/new-normal-dystopian-reality

    • @dalialule6324
      @dalialule6324 4 роки тому

      @@giosalazar7342 hey, it was taken down. I went to yoyre webpage and it was taken down.

    • @A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK
      @A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK 4 роки тому +3

      Out of Shadows.

    • @sophianegreiros668
      @sophianegreiros668 4 роки тому

      can you please share the link? i cant find it...

    • @ethan.000
      @ethan.000 4 роки тому +1

      YES! WWG1WGA! Q! GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE!

  • @seasong7655
    @seasong7655 4 роки тому +230

    Would love to see some pictures of all those hidden tunnels

  • @Prelmable
    @Prelmable 4 роки тому +367

    1:19 Wait how does the cat story end? Did the cat survive?

    • @cheddar
      @cheddar  4 роки тому +277

      It did, but since this happened before the turn of the 20th century there is a decent chance it is no longer alive today.

    • @issuesexplained681
      @issuesexplained681 4 роки тому +102

      Cheddar, decent chance? I think I would be more concerned to learn the cat was still alive than that it was dead. 😂

    • @squidfish7144
      @squidfish7144 4 роки тому +33

      The immortal pneumaticat!

    • @Prelmable
      @Prelmable 4 роки тому +61

      So back then the internet was made of tubes and the first upload was a cat.

    • @vercingetorix5708
      @vercingetorix5708 4 роки тому +33

      The cat is still flying around there to this day. Hunting rats at 35mph.

  • @chrisguess1125
    @chrisguess1125 4 роки тому +5

    I have never been in Manhattan area, just been on the outer edge around the city. I own tractor an trailers and sometimes drive them but I really enjoyed your video. The mirror room has me wondering now! Need more on that.

  • @cmdr1911
    @cmdr1911 4 роки тому +8

    Messy utilities are horrible to deal with. I consulted for a landfill in Ohio that has been in operation for 80+ years. Over those 80 years field offices have been built, gas line built/abandoned, air lines, water lines, electric lines and communication crossed every year. Since the work area slowly shifts from year to year there is always new construction. There are lines everywhere and no one really knows what is still live and what isn't. Utility maps save everyone.

  • @myowncomputerstuff
    @myowncomputerstuff 4 роки тому +32

    I agree that a consolidated underground map *could* be a security concern if it gets into the wrong hands, but the same could apply to just about any architectural floorpan/siteplan. It frustrates me that a lot of really groundbreaking subway projects have to be delayed for decades or cancelled entirely because there's "just too much stuff down there". That's why they haven't bothered expanding the PATH train from 33rd St to Grand Central Station.

  • @yugandali
    @yugandali 4 роки тому +265

    It's interesting? But the intonation? makes everything? she says? sound like a question?

    • @Avery_Hikari
      @Avery_Hikari 4 роки тому +29

      I can't stand when people talk like that.

    • @Stationary76
      @Stationary76 4 роки тому +6

      @@Avery_Hikari I had to stop listening. I start to focus on the intonation and nothing else.

    • @Stationary76
      @Stationary76 4 роки тому +10

      It was really bad. I was interested in the topic but couldn't stop hearing the intonation. Had to move on.

    • @phelipesoares7304
      @phelipesoares7304 4 роки тому

      I love the way she talk and comunicate

    • @thatguydownthestreet8036
      @thatguydownthestreet8036 4 роки тому +1

      Why is my first scoop 3? and my second scoop 10 in? Where did I get the bigger shovel? I'm confused?

  • @mmfmmf332
    @mmfmmf332 4 роки тому

    All I can say is WOW! I will look for more information on this. The part about the room with mirrors is very interesting. Great video!

  • @bonoki3870
    @bonoki3870 3 роки тому +11

    this was your best & most informative video yet.
    question: has anyone thought of using Ground Penetrating Radar to map underground? if yes, you should have mentioned it. iam sure it'll be expensive, but with the tech we have now, we should al least have given it a go.

    • @HogRebel
      @HogRebel Рік тому

      That would be a good idea, I’d say!

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 роки тому +446

    NYC is no match for my beautiful capital of Pyongyang

  • @chrisfusco1108
    @chrisfusco1108 4 роки тому +14

    NYP Hospital has 4 floors of basement. The last sub-basement is like stepping into time, it's crazy. Brick walls, low ceiling, old knob & tube wiring...

  • @patrickbodine6010
    @patrickbodine6010 4 роки тому +11

    Pneumatic tube. Pronounced: New mat ic. Thanks for the video.

  • @hymn13
    @hymn13 3 роки тому

    thank you for sharing.
    this is what i have longed to know about it for ages

  • @DavidAWA
    @DavidAWA 4 роки тому +10

    This is an amazing and beautiful video! I've lived in NYC for 20 years and love learning about it's amazing structures and secrets.

  • @SianaGearz
    @SianaGearz 4 роки тому +139

    I am very pleased that you are doing metric at least as overlays.

    • @SPimentaTV
      @SPimentaTV 4 роки тому +5

      I was saying the same thing

  • @markvenaglia1548
    @markvenaglia1548 3 роки тому

    Awesome, spectacular. Your research is impeccable. And inspiring.

  • @ickess
    @ickess 4 роки тому +4

    If you stay on the 6 at Brooklyn bridge when they say last stop every one off. You can loop around to the up town station at Brooklyn bridge. You will pass an old station that’s no longer used. Old Wall Street station.

    • @fcscouto
      @fcscouto 3 роки тому

      Pretty sure thats the old city hall subway station that you pass on the 6, and is close to the brooklyn bridge. the old wall street station was on the 4, and is further south and west.

  • @johndasilva6456
    @johndasilva6456 4 роки тому +4

    Well done. The group of individuals whom came together to create this video, have done a good f'ing job and kept the flow of info moving right along nicely. I've never been to New York and the direction and perspective provided allowed me to somewhat visualize the area/landscape in relation to what's underneath. Good presentation, informative and succinct. Thank you, John DaSilva

  • @crazypr2996
    @crazypr2996 4 роки тому +85

    Yea Let me just dig down a side walk and see what happens 💀

    • @tec7101
      @tec7101 4 роки тому +1

      Cray-Z PR you wouldn’t be able to and it’s illegal
      r/wooooosh

  • @Mister__Jey
    @Mister__Jey 2 роки тому +15

    Wow, the Post tubes are damn cool. You can still see some of them in the 80s films, and you've seen them in the Simpsons as well. I've always wondered whether they actually existed or not. And I think the idea is really cool. And why not? So between large buildings, you could do that with parcels by sending parcels underground, so to speak, I say from one packing station to the next or from one post office to the next post office and so on and so forth. Or it could also be in Amsterdam, where there is no special garbage day, but where you simply dump the garbage on the sidewalk in such large containers. And you could do the same with packages. Do, then the post office would no longer have to pick up the parcels from the mailbox, but rather the parcels. Automatically transported to a parcel center or no idea what or maybe directly to the destination.

  • @billmacdonald4026
    @billmacdonald4026 4 роки тому +4

    Holy Crap... I knew there was a lot of stuff down there... but had no idea that it went that deep.....
    Amazing

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 роки тому +156

    A lot of infrastructure goes into keeping NYC a functioning city. I've been the 191st St station, the tunnel that leads up to it is creepy at night

    • @Starbrahan72
      @Starbrahan72 4 роки тому +3

      Avery the Cuban-American which one, both the one and the A have their respective tunnels at the same station number on two different sides of the hieghts

    • @TarellHudson
      @TarellHudson 4 роки тому +4

      Nah. The elevators that take 90 years to come and go are worse when you're trapped with 700 people waiting and trains just keep coming. Those tunnels are a godsend unless you're trying to get to Audubon and have to walk that godforsaken hill.

  • @malikrath9503
    @malikrath9503 4 роки тому +8

    I'm an engineer from Canada, this is not out of the ordinary. We have GIS technology (Think google maps but more information) that can record and organize all this data, even bring it into CAD drawings, and some areas of our country they made it a priority, while others are desperately trying to catch up. Currently we have Ontario One in Ontario, Canada, that is supposed to coordinate all the utilities and mark them up on site during design and construction and the contractor and their insurance is responsible for it, not the tax payer (usually). Accidents still happen are going to happen, utilities take on no responsibilities for their information provided, if you ask me more needs to be done, often you get a rare rough offset and a guess at the depth of the utility, sometimes completely wrong information is provided and there is really no reason for this other than do we make the utility pay for it or the tax payer pay for it. British Columbia has a great system in place for some of their areas, you can even look up old drawings of when construction was last done on that road. This information is public and in most cases free. It makes it easier than ever for small companies to get information and compete and startup to get the job done right at a competitive price, through public bidding. It's completely possible, but you gotta stand up to private interests in America, make them cover their overhead otherwise you make the tax payer pay for it or some small business.

  • @kathleennelson6692
    @kathleennelson6692 4 роки тому +17

    Very interesting. I am staying in the woods.

  • @nathanieldaddy6560
    @nathanieldaddy6560 4 роки тому

    Awesome vid very interesting and informative keep up the good work

  • @shadowraith1
    @shadowraith1 4 роки тому +3

    A very amazing insight into what lies below. The map, most certainly. Thanks.👍

  • @tz8785
    @tz8785 4 роки тому +26

    7:16 - How can Freon explode, by pushing pressure in the tank up due to high temperature? A main advantage of the stuff was that it doesn't really burn.

    • @Rockzilla1122
      @Rockzilla1122 4 роки тому +1

      Explosions at their core are just pressure waves through air
      If a high pressure environment suddenly bursts, you get pressure waves as the substance inside bursts out to try to equalize into the surrounding environment

    • @Yurek1
      @Yurek1 4 роки тому

      Yeah, a pressure explosion could happen under the right circumstances

    • @spambot7110
      @spambot7110 4 роки тому

      yeah the use of fire imagery in the animation for that was irresponsible, there'd be no fireball. but, BLEVEs are still very powerful explosions, fireball or not.

    • @AlexR2648
      @AlexR2648 4 роки тому +1

      @@spambot7110 a BLEVE requires a combustible pressurized liquid. A freon tank burning though would release the pressurized contents, which would flash to vapour, but the gas would simply snuff out the existing fire.

    • @spambot7110
      @spambot7110 4 роки тому

      @@AlexR2648 why would a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion need the gas to be combustible? A BLEVE is simply the rapid expansion of the gas. In the case of a combustible gas there's the additional devastation of it igniting, but that's not part of the definition of a BLEVE. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor_explosion

  • @theodorepatton887
    @theodorepatton887 3 роки тому

    Very clear and informative. Great work 😋

  • @mjsoup29
    @mjsoup29 4 роки тому

    Very cool and informative. Thanks!!

  • @cavv0667
    @cavv0667 4 роки тому +4

    The details of what is under NY is vastly interesting and holds the rapt interests of several urban explorers groups... some of which never return. I love cheddar; your channel is pretty cool too!!! ;)

  • @lvbfan
    @lvbfan 4 роки тому +82

    "Like, you know, stuff and, like, stuff."

  • @gregthorup5679
    @gregthorup5679 4 роки тому +3

    That's one of the most fascinating things I've seen. I often wondered where all that stuff is since I saw a photo of Times Square with utility poles covered with hundreds of wires and the streets clogged with foot traffic, horses and wagons.

    • @userequaltoNull
      @userequaltoNull 3 роки тому

      That was during a brief period in history, between when Edison brought electric lighting into everyone's homes and when Tesla made it not suck (introduced Alternating Current)

  • @rogercarroll1663
    @rogercarroll1663 4 роки тому

    This is great fun. Good work. Keep it up.

  • @TheMaxx111
    @TheMaxx111 4 роки тому +39

    I am calling BS on Al Capone smuggling bootleg booze in NYC. He was in Chicago.

    • @yeahright6048
      @yeahright6048 4 роки тому +5

      Joe Williston he moved to Chicago in his 20’s from NYC. Although I question the legitimacy of the smuggling too because he wasn’t a kingpin or anything like that at the time.

    • @phyxer44
      @phyxer44 4 роки тому +1

      yOU'RE CORRECT--My dad worked on Mcallester tugboats that brought the booze down from upstate NY into Long Island Sound and delivered it to special docks along the private estates of the North Shore.
      Booze was shipped from chicago via the Great Lakes waterways and down the Hudson river to Albany where the Tugs with coal barges picked it up , about 1000 gallons at a trip

    • @teninchrichard4016
      @teninchrichard4016 4 роки тому

      He jad a few house in battle creek mi . located just about had way between det. and chi. On I-94. One up around Barry county ( lots of lakes and secluded) another in town.

    • @larrywilliams3854
      @larrywilliams3854 4 роки тому

      Some military fighting in the dumbs say there's a Sub from NYC TO Chicago and NYC there's a magnetic monorail that goes to Australia then up to England. True I don't know but til it's proven false the ILLUMINATI have had alot of time to build so.

  • @sage5296
    @sage5296 4 роки тому +19

    Cheddar on the surface looks just like any of those other bad channels that just list stuff and have lots of clickbait, but what I love so much about this channel is the quality of the content is always very high and I never fail to learn something new from the videos ❤️

    • @oscarkronborg7176
      @oscarkronborg7176 4 роки тому +4

      I like cheddar too, but I don’t like the lack of sourcery about the video. On this one there was nothing about the room of the mirrors

  • @indianajones359
    @indianajones359 4 роки тому +2

    Wow! that was pretty amazing info that didnt cross my mind. In uk just look at the subway like a norm without thinking all the stuff inbetween 🙈. Good to get a brief there 👍

  • @Stax-ht9md
    @Stax-ht9md 7 місяців тому

    Incredibly interesting, and well presented!

  • @artistwithouttalent
    @artistwithouttalent 4 роки тому +39

    1:28 "The Schrodinger's Cat paradox outlines a situation where a cat in a box must be considered, for all intents and purposes, simultaneously alive and dead. Schrodinger used this as a justification for killing cats."

  • @lsm_optix3176
    @lsm_optix3176 4 роки тому +34

    I just like how 3 inches is bigger than a 2nd floor 0:19

    • @OHYS
      @OHYS 4 роки тому

      More like 8

  • @patriciaschuster1371
    @patriciaschuster1371 Рік тому

    Fascinating! Thank you!

  • @abelardohernandez9053
    @abelardohernandez9053 3 роки тому

    Please keep up this sharing, it's very important, knowledge is power.

  • @wealthiness
    @wealthiness 4 роки тому +64

    6:53 looks like she is/was crying

    • @zephyrconvolk
      @zephyrconvolk 4 роки тому +5

      Jonathan she pretty tho

    • @dcoulter2685
      @dcoulter2685 4 роки тому +15

      They’re holding her at gunpoint off camera

    • @leifkhas7425
      @leifkhas7425 4 роки тому +4

      She's just very nervous and trying to hold herself together.

    • @mikeymasi
      @mikeymasi 4 роки тому +5

      She has to do a scene for blacked later

    • @poopymcgee
      @poopymcgee 4 роки тому

      Thought the same

  • @ylihao
    @ylihao 3 роки тому +6

    We need an episode on the mysterious mirror room!

  • @rosetints4246
    @rosetints4246 2 роки тому +1

    What would be cool is to have a hint 3d map of everything underground, it would make things easier to understand the complexity, and would just be satisfying to look at

  • @Srinathji_Das
    @Srinathji_Das 2 місяці тому

    Interesting video.
    Great work! 👍

  • @cosbornejr1
    @cosbornejr1 4 роки тому +13

    I think you meant pneumatic mail tubes...powered by pressurized air

  • @whoeveriam0iam14222
    @whoeveriam0iam14222 4 роки тому +75

    3:14 that's equivalent to a 15 storey building

  • @Famous-Potatoes
    @Famous-Potatoes 3 роки тому

    Go Cheddar! An invaluable source for the obvious and critical.

  • @floorpizza8074
    @floorpizza8074 2 роки тому

    Not only did the narrator do a fantastic job, she is very easy to understand for those of us that are a bit hearing impaired. Thanks for that.

  • @powerofone1645
    @powerofone1645 4 роки тому +6

    7:15 Freon is a registered trademark of The Chemours Company, which uses it for a number of halocarbon products. They are stable, nonflammable, low toxicity gases or liquids which have generally been used as refrigerants and as aerosol propellants. These include the chlorofluorocarbons that cause ozone depletion and HCFCs.

    • @peterv5009
      @peterv5009 2 роки тому

      I was wondering about this too.
      I believe the gas in itself is not explosive at atmospheric pressure and oxygen levels.
      but because it is often pressurized, it can 'explode' when the container is ruptured.
      Would be good to have an actual expert weigh in.

  • @mori6318
    @mori6318 4 роки тому +13

    2:47 so where just gonna gloss over that? Like "yeah whatever secret underground mirror room don't worry about it" I want someone to explain this shit

    • @armin6242
      @armin6242 4 роки тому +5

      The only source people have seemed to find (with the power of Reddit) was a single page in a 40 year old book regarding New York underground secrets, made it seem like just an urban legend

  • @beeyorebob
    @beeyorebob 4 роки тому

    Thank You! Very interesting 😊 stay safe 🌸

  • @stevengalloway8052
    @stevengalloway8052 3 роки тому

    Fascinating video, thanks... 🤔👍

  • @Kazeemi2810
    @Kazeemi2810 4 роки тому +10

    Wow, that was really interesting! Fascinating stuff 🐨

  • @MateoQuixote
    @MateoQuixote 4 роки тому +3

    Wow really amazing video! Maybe my favorite Cheddar video so far

  • @kevingeorge644
    @kevingeorge644 8 місяців тому

    Outstanding information, incredible

  • @SimulationSeries
    @SimulationSeries 3 роки тому

    thanks for this video!

  • @leroyglass2621
    @leroyglass2621 4 роки тому +3

    The cat part had me dying 😆😅

  • @diddles976
    @diddles976 4 роки тому +4

    Imagine digging underground, finding a bunch of tunnels that look like they're out of a Sonic game and then a random highway 50ft underground

  • @thenebraskan7661
    @thenebraskan7661 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks 😊 for the video 👍. It was interesting. I just discovered you today. I'll be back. Oh, it would be nice to know about the room with the mirrors.

  • @korbindevaney9284
    @korbindevaney9284 4 роки тому +1

    the mail thing shocked me! I've never heard of that

  • @atenza8063
    @atenza8063 4 роки тому +24

    4:25 Can I get a source for this built portion of LOMEX if this is even accessible to look at

  • @spambot7110
    @spambot7110 4 роки тому +23

    "mnemonic" mail tubes???

  • @sugewhitejacoby8654
    @sugewhitejacoby8654 4 роки тому

    This was really interesting!

  • @justinfinch333
    @justinfinch333 23 дні тому

    The mail thing actually blew my mind i had no clue especially how long ago it was made and worked? Wow im looking that up

  • @yingyang08
    @yingyang08 4 роки тому +60

    I don’t think that’s how you pronounce “pneumatic”

  • @petepector
    @petepector 4 роки тому +184

    Please stop using upspeak, it makes cheddar videos almost unwatchable...

    • @sparkythewildcat97
      @sparkythewildcat97 4 роки тому +50

      Yeah, I was wondering if anyone else noticed it. I don't mind upspeak, but this one was really bad with lots of unnatural pauses. IDK why this video in particular was so bad, but yeah. Sounded really uncomfortable and almost like the narrator didn't know what she was about to say the next sentence.

    • @Parazod
      @Parazod 4 роки тому +19

      I thought the same too, it got annoying within a minute

    • @vividcitypro
      @vividcitypro 4 роки тому +3

      I think it's so they don't get ahead of the animations.

    • @abcdefgh-rq3gq
      @abcdefgh-rq3gq 4 роки тому +22

      Upspeak and a serving of vocal fry on the side. 😂

    • @sparkythewildcat97
      @sparkythewildcat97 4 роки тому +3

      @@vividcitypro then they should adjust the script and/or the animations.

  • @michaelfox933
    @michaelfox933 4 роки тому +1

    I cannot wait to see videos of water tunnel 1 and 2!

  • @ubrs100
    @ubrs100 4 роки тому

    Thanks for also including metric on the video

  • @larrywhite6637
    @larrywhite6637 4 роки тому +12

    AHHHH, THIS IS WHERE deblazio CAME FROM. THANKS NOW WE KNOW.

  • @jimmya1465
    @jimmya1465 4 роки тому +5

    Wow, I would never imagine that this would be under New York City.

  • @dogshome7110
    @dogshome7110 3 роки тому

    Very interesting. The steam pipes brought me here, but wow, the depth of the water pipes....

  • @matteoponzetto2691
    @matteoponzetto2691 2 роки тому

    Wow, it's very interesting!

  • @marcsarfati3291
    @marcsarfati3291 4 роки тому +4

    There is pond under the Empire State B.
    ESB was build on a pond.

  • @ghosthuntersnyc-upperwests2885
    @ghosthuntersnyc-upperwests2885 4 роки тому +16

    »There is an entire city of persons who are "homeless" living down there, the ones who will go to heaven. - J.

  • @robb8234
    @robb8234 2 роки тому

    am Canadian, just WOW, didn't know everything went so deep, probably here as well.. ty

  • @PlanetJigobotTV
    @PlanetJigobotTV 4 роки тому

    This is crazy but very fun and informative.