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Trapped under the Sea One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles into the Darkness

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ISBN-10: 0307886727

ISBN-13: 9780307886729

Edition: 2014

Authors: Neil Swidey

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The harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundreds of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job--with deadly results In the 1990s, Boston built a sophisticated waste treatment plant on Deer Island that was poised to show the country how to rebound from environmental ruin. The state had been dumping barely treated sewage into the water for so long that Boston had America's filthiest harbor, with a layer of "black mayonnaise" coating the seafloor. Fisheries collapsed, wildlife fled, and locals referred to floating tampon applicators as "beach whistles." But before the dumping could stop, a team of divers had to make a perilous journey to…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 2/18/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.452