DON VALLEY INTERCEPTING SEWER WILL REDUCE POLLUTION BY HALF

Construction of the Don Valley intercepting sewer consists of 16 km of deep-level tunnelled sewer ranging from 1.5-5.2 M diameter. The scheme is intended to improve the storm sewage system for the Sheffield District and to reduce flooding. As tunnelling in the alluvial deposits of the Don Valley would have proved difficult, the interceptor was located in the underlying carboniferous strata at a depth of about 20 M. The main drive for the first phase, 2.15 km long and 5.2 M diameter, was carried out with a 6.1 M diameter lawrence shield and erector with a dosco sb600 hydraulic roadheader inside. Details are given of tunnel layout and excavation methods. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Morgan-Grampian Limited

  30 Calderwood Street
  London SE18 6QH,   England 
• Publication Date: 1979-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 48-49
• Serial:
  • Tunnels & Tunnelling International
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
  • ISSN: 0041-414X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Drainage; Equipment; Excavation and tunneling; Hydraulic fluids; Hydraulics; Pollution; Sewers; Shielding (Tunneling); Tunneling; Tunnels
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 3666: Construction method; 2937: Drainage; 3674: Equipment; 5431: Hydraulics (fluid); 3394: Shield driving; 3374: Tunnel; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309825
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1980 12:00AM