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'''Steam Tunnels''' connect all the major [[:Category:Building|buildings]] on campus. They are used to transfer the steam from the [[heating plant]] to the buildings during the colder months. The steam tunnels are large enough for people to crawl through, and in earlier generations of Williams students, crawling across campus via the tunnels was a popular pasttime.
Today, tunnels may be enjoyed from aboveground during the winter months. When snow is on the ground, look for it to melt markedly faster in certain pathways a few feet wide, in certain predictable places every season. These are the strips of land above the imperfectly-insulated steam tunnels.
[[Ian Nesbitt]] '13 claims to know the most about these tunnels of any student, past or present, having done a project on them in each of two different GEOS classes. Possessing maps, pictures, and knowledge of entrances, Nesbitt claims to use his powers only for good, citing the now-famous Stan Lee quote, "with great power comes great responsibility." Ian has traversed most of the tunnels legally, after taking an OSHA course on confined space safety, as required by campus Environmental Safety policies and OSHA laws.
== Links ==
Sources- Record articles on the early housing system:
http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article§ion=news&id=3330
http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article§ion=news&id=3331
http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article§ion=news&id=3332
http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article§ion=news&id=2390
