Watch A Giant Tunnel Boring Machine Blast A Hole Through New York City
By AutoBlog at 25 January, 2012, 4:00 pm
Watching a 580-tonne, 90m long Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) bust a hole from Manhattan to Long Island City reminds me of the tunnel cleaners in Labrinyth. Except, instead of David Bowie singing, it’s Long Island City commuters. The TBM is one of two tunnellers burrowing their way under Manhattan, with braces built as the tunneller Dig Dugs under New York eating soil and rock. Four tunnels ar …
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Watch A Giant Tunnel Boring Machine Blast A Hole Through New York City
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