{"id":73915,"date":"2024-08-26T16:18:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenlivinghistory.com\/?p=11377"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:18:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:18:24","slug":"the-hidden-bolts-that-drive-manhattans-infrastructure-nerds-nuts-atlas-obscura-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2024\/the-hidden-bolts-that-drive-manhattans-infrastructure-nerds-nuts-atlas-obscura-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hidden Bolts that Drive Manhattan&#8217;s Infrastructure Nerds Nuts | Atlas Obscura"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/the-hidden-bolts-that-drive-manhattans-infrastructure-nerds-nuts\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/the-hidden-bolts-that-drive-manhattans-infrastructure-nerds-nuts\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>If you\u2019re going to complete this quest, bring a GPS tracker or have a damn good internal compass. Comb the southern area of Central Park and keep your eyes to the ground. Look for a rocky area and then scan the surfaces for an unnatural addition.Connect the dots correctly, you\u2019ll find a certain unmarked relic of which few are aware.The discovery itself isn\u2019t much to see. It\u2019s merely a bolt \u2014 a long, jagged piece of metal that was battered into the ground some 200 years ago.But it\u2019s one of the last vestiges of lost New York that lives in plain sight without an official plaque highlighting its existence. And it\u2019s become a popular treasure hunt for New York history enthusiasts and surveying hobbyists alike, a group of people who prefer not to divulge their knowledge of the relics&#8217; precise locations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/the-hidden-bolts-that-drive-manhattans-infrastructure-nerds-nuts\">The Hidden Bolts that Drive Manhattan&#8217;s Infrastructure Nerds Nuts | Atlas Obscura<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2024\/the-hidden-bolts-that-drive-manhattans-infrastructure-nerds-nuts-atlas-obscura-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to The Hidden Bolts that Drive Manhattan&#8217;s Infrastructure Nerds Nuts | Atlas Obscura\"><p>If you\u2019re going to complete this quest, bring a GPS tracker or have a damn good internal compass. Comb the southern area of Central Park and keep your eyes to the ground. Look for a rocky area and then scan the surfaces for an unnatural addition.Connect the dots correctly, you\u2019ll find a certain unmarked relic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77309,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73915\/revisions\/77309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}