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July 29, 2014

Bertha's rescue pit hits a snag

By JOURNAL STAFF

Photo courtesy of WSDOT [enlarge]
Malcolm Drilling is alternating between a chisel and a clamshell to build Bertha’s rescue pit.

Seattle Tunnel Partners is finding construction of a rescue pit to free the stuck tunnel machine called Bertha to be more challenging than first thought.


 
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