Glenn Reit D.D.S. Winter 2019

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WATER SECRETS OF NYC From Central Park to the Subway

any New Yorker can surely attest. The biggest natural threat to the subway system is water, which makes sense given that the tunnels are built near plugged up springs. According to the MTA, about 13 million gallons of water need to be pumped from the system every day — and that’s not including the times when severe weather completely floods it. Maybe one day we’ll just have an underground waterway in lieu of the trains we use now.

It may not be tropical with picturesque beaches, but Manhattan is an island all the same. As such, water plays a huge role in the city’s geography. Here are some of the most interesting H2O-related facts about the place we call home.

A NATURAL SPRING IN CENTRAL PARK The Great Lawn is one of Central Park’s grandest attractions, but if you head west from it, you’ll find a less heralded, though no less fascinating, feature. Tanner’s Spring appears to be little more than a puddle, but it’s actually an active natural spring. It is named for Dr. Henry S. Tanner, who survived for 40 days in 1880 drinking only water from the spring. Tanner’s incredible feat birthed a legend that the water contained potent nutritional properties, but maybe don’t test that out for yourself. THE EAST RIVER IS NOT A RIVER The East River has a mythical place in New York City history. It’s the favored swimming hole of Kramer and Elaine, as well as the rumored burial place for countless mobsters from the golden age of organized crime. Despite its fame, most people don’t realize that

the East River is not, in fact, a river. Technically, it’s a salt water tidal estuary. That’s why the water flow changes direction on a dime. THE SUBWAY’S AQUATIC WOES The Subway system is one of the city’s many engineering marvels, but it’s not without its faults, as

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