Ole Singstad

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Ole Singstad

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Singstad is widely known for work on the underwater road tunnels in [[New York City]] and for designing the [[Holland Tunnel#Ventilation system|ventilation system]] that made long underwater road tunnels possible, first used in the [[Holland Tunnel]] under the [[Hudson River]]. He began working under chief engineer [[Clifford Milburn Holland]] in 1915,[http://www.agdenes.kommune.no/arena_1/modules/object.cgi?DB=arena_orkdalsregionen&ObjectID=1000024990&Print=1&RevID=1 About Agdenes Township]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and he finished directing construction of the Holland Tunnel after the death of Holland in the fall of 1924 and of Holland's successor Milton H. Freeman, who died in March 1925.
Singstad is widely known for work on the underwater road tunnels in [[New York City]] and for designing the [[Holland Tunnel#Ventilation system|ventilation system]] that made long underwater road tunnels possible, first used in the [[Holland Tunnel]] under the [[Hudson River]]. He began working under chief engineer [[Clifford Milburn Holland]] in 1915,[http://www.agdenes.kommune.no/arena_1/modules/object.cgi?DB=arena_orkdalsregionen&ObjectID=1000024990&Print=1&RevID=1 About Agdenes Township]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and he finished directing construction of the Holland Tunnel after the death of Holland in the fall of 1924 and of Holland's successor Milton H. Freeman, who died in March 1925.


Singstad also designed the [[Lincoln Tunnel]],{{Cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1933/11/19/archives/engineers-named-for-38th-st-tube-shamberg-to-direct-building-of.html |title = Engineers Named for 38th St. Tube |date = November 19, 1933 |work = The New York Times |access-date = March 24, 2018 |language = en-US |issn = 0362-4331 }} the [[Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel]], and the [[Queens–Midtown Tunnel]],{{cite web|title=CITY SOON TO BEGIN TUNNEL TO QUEENS|website=The New York Times|date=August 16, 1936|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/08/16/archives/city-soon-to-begin-tunnel-to-queens-58365000-project-will-be.html | access-date=April 18, 2018}} the latter two as chief engineer of the New York City Tunnel Authority. In this capacity he clashed with [[Robert Moses]], who not just preferred bridges but also sought to consolidate power and eliminate competition in civil engineering politics:
Singstad also designed the [[Lincoln Tunnel]],{{Cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1933/11/19/archives/engineers-named-for-38th-st-tube-shamberg-to-direct-building-of.html |title = Engineers Named for 38th St. Tube |date = November 19, 1933 |work = The New York Times |access-date = March 24, 2018 |language = en-US |issn = 0362-4331 }} the [[Queens–Midtown Tunnel]],{{cite web|title=CITY SOON TO BEGIN TUNNEL TO QUEENS|website=The New York Times|date=August 16, 1936|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/08/16/archives/city-soon-to-begin-tunnel-to-queens-58365000-project-will-be.html | access-date=April 18, 2018}}> and the [[Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel]],> the latter two as chief engineer of the New York City Tunnel Authority. In this capacity he clashed with [[Robert Moses]], who not just preferred bridges but also sought to consolidate power and eliminate competition in civil engineering politics:


{{blockquote|Why did Moses try to wreck (the Tunnel Authority)? Because he couldn't take it over, that's why. He couldn't take it over so he wanted to wreck the whole damned project.{{Caro: The Power Broker}}{{rp|609}}}}
{{blockquote|Why did Moses try to wreck (the Tunnel Authority)? Because he couldn't take it over, that's why. He couldn't take it over so he wanted to wreck the whole damned project.{{Caro: The Power Broker}}{{rp|609}}}}
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