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Freighter Fairpartner carrying the disassembled tunnel boring machine into the Port of Seattle in April 2013. Bertha was designed and manufactured by Hitachi Zosen Sakai Works of Osaka, Japan, and was the world's largest earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine, [14] at a cutterhead diameter of 57.5 feet (17.5 m) across.
Bertha arrived in Seattle on April 2, 2013, and its 40 pieces were assembled in the launch pit before tunnel boring began on July 30—setting a record for the world's largest tunnel boring machine. [197] [198] Tunnel boring was halted at 1,028 feet (313 m) near South Main Street in December 2013 after the machine encountered an unknown object ...
The current plan emerged in 2009 when government officials agreed to a deep-bore tunnel. Construction began in July 2013 using "Bertha", at the time the world's largest-diameter tunnel boring machine. After several delays, tunnel boring was completed in April 2017, and the tunnel opened to traffic on February 4, 2019.
A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole" or a "worm", is a machine used to excavate tunnels. Tunnels are excavated through hard rock, wet or dry soil, or sand, each of which requires specialized technology. Tunnel boring machines are an alternative to drilling and blasting (D&B) methods and "hand mining".
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During the construction of the State Route 99 tunnel, the Bertha tunnel boring machine became stuck in rocks near Ballast Island, triggering significant archaeological interest in the former island, alongside concerns that the tunnel boring may have inadvertently disturbed the remains of the site.
Bertha (tunnel boring machine) M. Martina (tunnel boring machine) T. Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok TBM This page was last edited on 19 December 2019, at 02:34 (UTC). Text ...
This is a list of the world's largest machines, both static and movable in history. ... Big Bertha: Tunnel boring machine: 99 m (324 ft 10 in) [8] 17.5 m (57 ft 5 in) ...