WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. — Large Inflatable Rubber Plugs have been in use in large-scale infrastructure projects since at least the early 1920’s, when they were used in large cities to isolate and empty ...
After Hurricane Sandy decimated the subway system last year, officials pledged to install new devices to help halt the rising tides—including flood gates and, more ...
Huge inflatable plugs – now being developed by the federal government to protect subway tunnels from terrorist attacks – likely could have saved some of New York’s subway tunnels from storm-related ...