Taller than a double-decker bus, the “Resilient Tunnel Plug” can stop future flood waters from destroying the subways. Its first installation is happening now. The Superstorm known as Sandy caused an ...
Experts have provided a solution for stopping flooding in subway tunnels in the form of a giant inflatable plug that will seal them off and stop water from flowing throughout the subway system into ...
WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. — Large Inflatable Rubber Plugs have been in use in large-scale infrastructure projects since at least the early 1920’s, when they were used in large cities to isolate and empty ...
After Hurricane Sandy decimated the subway system last year, officials pledged to install new devices to help halt the rising tides—including flood gates and, more ...
The Resilient Tunnel Plug is demonstrated to show it can quickly fill a subway or tunnel and prevent or limit flooding and damages. To take part in the Machine Design infrastructure survey, click here ...
Huge inflatable plugs – now being developed by the federal government to protect subway tunnels from terrorist attacks – likely could have saved some of New York’s subway tunnels from storm-related ...
BOSSIER CITY, LA (KSLA) - With the Red River threatening to flood some parts of the ArkLaTex again, Bossier City officials are taking precautions. Crews have placed two inflatable plugs in two ...
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