MANEUVERABLE TUNNEL MOLE NAVIGATES AROUND OBSTACLES

When surface congestion prevented open-cut construction, a mole with 39 cutter heads twisted and turned its way past the foundations of historic buildings to bore a 1.6-mi subway tunnel 82 ft below the streets of central Paris.

• Corporate Authors:

  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

  330 West 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10036
• Authors:
  • Sullivan, M
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 56-57
• Serial:
  • Construction Methods and Equipment
  • Volume: 56
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Subways; Tunneling; Tunneling machines
• Identifier Terms: Paris Metro
• Geographic Terms: Paris (France)
• Old TRIS Terms: Subway construction
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097242
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Construction Methods and Equipment
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 29 1981 12:00AM