07-16-2021, 11:00 AM
(07-16-2021, 10:13 AM)Coke6pk Wrote:(06-23-2021, 11:52 AM)ac3r Wrote: UW also has a pretty extensive service tunnel network. It used to be a cool place to urban explore if you knew where to get in! Probably a lot harder to do these days, unfortunately: http://matt.wandel.ca/tunnels/tunnels.html
I got to visit the tunnels when I worked at UW. Entrance doors are all alarmed and there is a wide array of motion sensors (Highly secure since there is so much infrastructure running thru those tunnels). Unless the system is turned off (when an authorized user is in there... which isn't often), it would be hard to explore without being noticed very quickly.
Coke
I get the impression that illicit keys used to circulate relatively freely amongst the student population. Probably mostly engineers, but that might just be a stereotype. This sort of thing is much more tightly controlled these days, partly due to zeitgeist and partly due to technology (alarm systems).
There was a rumour of at least one room where all the doors leading out were locked and there was a table with a telephone on it to phone security, so that the only way out would be to call for a rescue from the campus police. I find this unbelievable however as I’m certain the fire marshal would find that arrangement to be completely unacceptable. There is another rumour that the tunnels (or some of them) were closed due to crime, but I’m pretty sure that is not true; from what I’ve heard (and even what can be seen on floor plans) the closed tunnels are not suitable for public use for walking around (tight spaces, hot pipes, elevation changes, ladders, …). Still, would be nice for the occupants of V1 if they could use a tunnel!