BORING MACHINE DRIVES SEWER TUNNEL

It is reported how a rock-boring machine of innovative design and operation completed a sewer tunnel in Quincy, Illinois, about 8000 ft. long and 40 ft. below grade. Unusual feature of the boring machine was a circular cutting head fitted with carbide-tipped cutters mounted horizontally at the head of the machine.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Dun Donnelley Publishing Corporation

  222 South Riverside Plaza
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 120
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Construction; Rock drilling; Sewers; Tools; Tunneling; Tunneling machines; Tunnels
• Old TRIS Terms: Carbide tools; Tunnels and tunneling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159699
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM