More tunnelling machine stuff
Mar. 16th, 2012 08:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ffuturesA couple of links that were mentioned in comments:
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curiouswombat and johnreiher - Nice article on how it will work - incidentally shows that there is a logo on the machine, just not visible from here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17365934
Spotted byw00hoo - Boris Johnson at a launch ceremony a few days ago
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/press-releases/giant-tunnel-boring-machines-ready-to-start-crossrail-dig
Spotted bywillplant - Time lapse of moving the machine - includes the footbridge being jacked up, and shows just how huge the thing is:
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/site-news/phyllis-moved-to-royal-oak-portal-as-she-prepares-to-start-her-dig
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curiouswombat and johnreiher - Nice article on how it will work - incidentally shows that there is a logo on the machine, just not visible from here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17365934
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w00hoo - Boris Johnson at a launch ceremony a few days agohttp://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/press-releases/giant-tunnel-boring-machines-ready-to-start-crossrail-dig
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willplant - Time lapse of moving the machine - includes the footbridge being jacked up, and shows just how huge the thing is:http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/site-news/phyllis-moved-to-royal-oak-portal-as-she-prepares-to-start-her-dig
