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Season 1 – Sandhogs

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It sounds like an urban legend, but as New Yorkers go about their daily routine, a band of urban miners are toiling away far below. They're the sandhogs, the crews who build water and sewage tunnels, subway systems and bridge footings, all vital elements of the city's infrastructure. The job pays well, but the work is so dangerous that the sandhogs lose, on average, one man for every mile they complete.

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Sandhogs — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 7, 2008 What Lies Beneath Walking Boss Morgan Curran and sandhogs of Local 147 tunnel beneath New York to complete the Croton Filtration Plant, a facility designed to help ensure the safety of the city's water supply. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 14, 2008 Punching Through Sandhogs conduct test blasts as construction of the first new subway tunnel expansion in 20 years begins; a foreman loses fingers in an accident. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 21, 2008 Leaders Among Hogs The crew prepares for the project's next step of permanently joining two tunnels; the newly appointed foreman pushes his mole crew too hard; a solo blast in Manhattan. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 3, 2008 It Is What It Is Morale sinks to an all-time low as the tunnel-boring machine cuts through Croton's upper tunnel; Temporary Foreman Anthony Aviles' aggressive leadership style forces Walking Boss Morgan Curran to monitor the worrisome situation closely. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 1, 2008 The End of an Era After 38 years of work, a Manhattan water tunnel said to be the largest public works construction project in the history of the Western Hemisphere nears completion; the subway expansion reaches a milestone; blasting problems. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 1, 2008 3745 Feet The Croton crew has little margin for error as they close in on their goal of mining 3,745 feet; a rookie sandhog working in Manhattan commits a gaffe known as "hanging a steel"; tricky double explosion; a man is hurt by a mammoth machine. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 1, 2008 Job Security Walking Boss Morgan Curran and his gang work to complete the new tunnel's connection to the 118-year-old New Croton Aqueduct; while pouring concrete, clogs slow progress; injuries strike the crew; upgrading the Long Island Rail Road. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 14, 2008 Meltdown A rock face at East Side Access is packed with dynamite to clear crossover tunnel space for the Roadheader, but a meltdown at Grand Central Terminal causes a delay; frustration builds on a subway line gang; dangerous undetonated dynamite is found. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 14, 2008 The Roadheader The moment of truth arrives for the crew using the Roadheader; disaster nearly strikes when the giant machine pierces a water line; a sandhog goes AWOL; tension builds between Jared and his father, Walking Boss Martin Hostetter. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 14, 2008 A Band of Brothers The crew working on a Manhattan subway line extension encounters problems as they prepare the final few blasts to complete a giant cavern; the West Tunnel mole gang keeps running into obstacles while trying to mine 25 feet a day. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 14, 2008 Looking Forward Walking Boss Morgan Curran and his gang of sandhogs prepares the mole for its third and final tunnel at the Croton Filtration Plant; foreman Tom Kelly oversees a series of precise blasts at the East Side Access site. Details
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Season Info

Network
History
Rating
TV-PG (L)
Genre
Reality, Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 7, 2008