WHO'S SWIMMING UNDER THE STREETS OF MANHATTAN?

Turns out there's water everywhere beneath the bustling streets of the big city, so watch your step. Sure, it's all been paved over and built over time and again -- but before all the waterways disappeared under the expanding cityscape, Egbert Viele mapped every stream, lake, creek and marsh. To this day, every time there's new construction that requires a new, deeper excavation -- the engineers and architects turn to this 1865 map by Viele, New York City's engineer during the mid-nineteenth century. No longer visible from what we think of as "ground level", we still hear the rumors every now and then about access to these pre-colonial swimming holes from certain downtown basements. Check out every detail on the Viele Map -- it's been reproduced -- perfectly re-created -- and can be had at DiscoveryEditions.com. Come on in -- the water's fine.

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[Seno121]

I have the original viele map. My grandfather handed it over to me when I became a surveyor.