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Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 1. During the excavation deep below Central Park, a man, perhaps a geologist, faces away from some spectacularly folded Manhattan schist. You can see schist outcrops throughout the park, notably at Belvedere Castle. February 28, 1913.

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