Comments on: Tunnel-Digging as a Hobby

By: JMyint

JMyint — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:46:02 +0000

Try Metal Culverts Inc. or W.H. Shurtleff both make curved structural plate for building large drain pipes.

By: DennisF

DennisF — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:14:50 +0000

I’m looking for metal or plastic tubings (aprox. 5′/6′ width) to attach and place in tunnel (its easier and cleaner to crawl through tunnel). Would appreciate any ideas..thanks

By: dr who

dr who — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:02:48 +0000

Check out the 140+ American Uunderground Bases, 1400 Worldwide they are called the “DUMB’s”. It stands for Deep Underground Military Bases. the united stats goverment above all cia , fbi and
even nato/un,w.e , Are dealin with intense shit, aliens, since 1930s, constant conflict Actually
since augest 1979 . U.S. sticks their fingers in so many candy jars 4 real

By: Idlehacker - » Tunnel-Digging as a Hobby

Idlehacker - » Tunnel-Digging as a Hobby — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:09:30 +0000

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By: » 1932 article about egghead basement tunneler

» 1932 article about egghead basement tunneler — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:24:13 +0000

[...] Link [...]

By: Fantasist’s Scroll » Dig It!

Fantasist’s Scroll » Dig It! — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:10:12 +0000

[...] But, I’ve had a long-time obsession with things like steam tunnels, bomb shelters and other abandoned, underground structures. Not to the point of risking my life to explore them, but they’ve always fascinated me. Well, today’s Friday Fun Links are all brought to you via Boing Boing, and have an underground theme. First, there’s a giant, underground marijuana growing operation. Hey, if these guys can raise weed underground, maybe we can raise food crops and survive a nuclear war! Next, we have the urban legend that the infamous Seymour Cray, of Cray supercomputer fame, was a secret, compulsive tunneler. Sadly, this turns out to not be anywhere close to the truth, but it sure made a great story! The next link is to an actual, albiet less genius-like, tunneler in the UK. I mean, look at that guy in the picture. Doesn’t he look like the kind of guy who tunnel under the neighbors? And, finally, there’s the infinitely more upbeat and fun, Tunnel-Digging as a Hobby. The peppy 1932 copy and clean illustrations sure make it seem appealing, don’t they? [...]

By: Hypercubed Blog » Blog Archive » Links of the Week (Week #31, 32, & 33, 2006)

Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:48:23 +0000

[...] Modern Mechanix - Tunnel-Digging as a Hobby – In the 1930’s this guy was so obsessed with digging that he dug out three levels of catacombs under his home. [...]

By: blather » Blog Archive » underground

blather » Blog Archive » underground — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:02:47 +0000

[...] Here’s an excellent piece from Modern Mechanix on tunnel digging as a hobby, as practiced by Dr. H.G. Dyar, international authority on butterflies and moths of the Smithsonian Institution. [...]

By: Avist

Avist — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:13:38 +0000

I guarantee there was/is more to those tunnels than just being built for the sake of “releiving stress”…specificly if he was the only one building them

By: Don

Don — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:27:09 +0000

Dyar’s former homesite appears now to be a federal office building across from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden:
http://maps.google.com/maps?oi.....ington,+DC

By: newsBreaks.net » 1932 article about egghead basement tunneler

newsBreaks.net » 1932 article about egghead basement tunneler — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:33:54 +0000

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By: Nicolai Brown

Nicolai Brown — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:11:33 +0000

That’s awesome! I admire his creativity.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:10:45 +0000

In 1928-29 lived at 804 B. Street, S.W. Washington, District of Columbia.

I live in DC, im going to see if I can check this out.

according to:
http://freepages.genealogy.roo.....s.htm#i531

By: Robotech_Master

Robotech_Master — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:19:52 +0000

From http://bahai-library.com/?file.....rison_dyar

“During the 1920s Dyar’s most peculiar hobby came to light. When a truck fell into a labyrinth of tunnels near Dyar’s old home in 1924, newspaper speculation attributed these to World War I spy nests, Civil War trysts, and mad scientists. Eventually Dyar accepted responsibility for the tunnels and similar works behind his new home, saying he found relaxation in digging underground. The brick-walled tunnels extended for hundreds of feet and measured six by six feet.”

By: Boing Boing

Boing Boing — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:02:36 +0000

1932 article about egghead basement tunneler…

Apropos of today’s story about Seymour Cray’s supposed subterranean proclivities, here’s what Charlie calls, “a 1932 Modern Mechanix article about Dr. H. G. Dyar who built tunnels (some extending 32 feet deep) beneath his house as a way to blow of…

By: Stannous

Stannous — Tue, 30 May 2006 22:50:59 +0000

Wonder of it’s still down there and open, pretty neat idea if you live over bedrock or stable earth.
You’d have to look up his address in the DC City Directories of the time to find his address.
Anybody have access to the DC Main library?