Ghost Riders in the Ground

Friday fun link: “The
Lost Cow Tunnels of New York City
,” in which Gizmodo
explores a forgotten chapter in the history of American
infrastructure, markets, and food. Here’s the opening:

THEY EMERGED FROM THE EARTH! COWS! COWS! COWS!

Like every other major metropolis, New York City has
tunnels for people, tunnels for cars, and lots of tunnels for
trains. But it also has something rather more unique: tunnels for
cows. Or does it? This is the story of New York’s lost, forgotten,
or perhaps just mythical subterranean meat
infrastructure.

Read the rest
here
.

from Hit & Run http://reason.com/blog/2013/11/08/ghost-riders-in-the-ground
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