Urban Exploration - The Wellington Tunnel
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- Date: Mar 24,2008
“the Wellington Tunnel was abandoned in 1994, having been closed for security reasons. Plunging under the Lachine Canal, the entrance to the tunnel is situated at the tip of Wellington Street, its exit on the other side having been buried. In the past, the Wellington tunnel was used by tramways, vehicles and pedestrians, but was eventually replaced by a bridge. It inhabits one of the rare pieces of fallow industrial land in the area that isn’t undergoing renovation given its vocation (a tunnel), its placement (under a highway) and the state it’s in.”
I realize that urban exploration doesn’t seem that techie, but if you think about, it really is. Techie’s want to know things other’s don’t, go places other’s can’t. In short, techie’s are naturally curious people.
The Wellington tunnel is in Montreal not far from where I live. Not long ago I didn’t know it existed. There’s a bridge at the end of Wellington, and i’ve never seen a tunnel.
One day in between customers in that area, I parked the car near the bridge, and looked around. Sure enough, one side of the tunnel is still very visible, although caged off. It’s tucked away in a corner, but it’s there. I was lucky enough to have my camera and a flashlight in my pockets !! (Ahhh the life of a techie, we’re like boyscouts ! 
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It was March at the time, and a very warm day, but INSIDE the tunnel everything was 
frozen. It was the strangest feeling walking through an abandoned tunnel. My Mini Maglite saved me but still didn’t light up the place that well. It seemed never ending. I eventually turned back as I got spooked by strange noises coming from the far end of the tunnel. (I was alone, there was no cell phone reception, and there were serious safety hazards, so I turned around and left) I really wonder what is at the end of the tunnel though. I know it doesn’t open up into the world like the end I found, so is it just a wall of dirt all of a sudden?!
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