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Jul 23, 2015

This Is Boring News: DC Water’s ‘Lady Bird’ Completes Two-Year Mission

DC Water’s massive tunnel boring machine emerges after two years, four-and-a-half miles of tunneling.

Apr 09, 2013

Boring: D.C. Water Christens Massive Machine That Will Build Metro-Sized Tunnel Under Potomac River

A massive tunnel boring machine will start digging a Metro-sized tunnel under the Potomac River soon as a means to store runoff and sewage from heavy storms.

 
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