Robert Moses submerged portions of the Flushing River for the 1963 World Fair. But the pipes are only sized for non-flood conditions. TOm Campagna, boro engineer, promised to unsubmerge them, but he died.
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Robert Moses submerged portions of the Flushing River for the 1963 World Fair. But the pipes are only sized for non-flood conditions. TOm Campagna, boro engineer, promised to unsubmerge them, but he died.
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