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Thursday, June 25, 2009

OK, to get away from politics.. this is cool, and technically very interesting. We do electronic service work on Tunnel Boring Machines, and a project just getting started is to tunnel under lake Mead. At some point, the levels in Lake Mead are going to drop below the present intakes, and since it supplies power and water to Las Vegas, that's a big problem. So, a tunnel is being dug underneath the lake to resolve it. Incredibly difficult task which uses an incredible machine, the TBM or Tunnel Boring Machine. There are more of them operating in the US than you might think. But since they work out of sight, you don't notice them much.

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How does the tunnel route under the lake? Does the tunnel actually enter the lake from the bottom?

Or does it go to some structure on the lake floor? Does the TBM get wet?

There's another one working at Niagara Falls for more electrical generation capacity. As majestic as the Falls are, they can now divert all the water upstream to run generators. Don't know how much of a draw Niagara Cliff would be for honeymooners though...

Maybe it's a new safe have for members of Congress and their familiies, after they were told in a closed door session, on March 5th(?), of the High holy One's Martial Law plan.

The pedophile is still dead.

Lipzoidial ... from what they told me, they'll sink a shaft 600 feet down near the lake shore, and then go underneath the lake. The TBM does not get wet, the tunnel is concrete reinforced as it goes..

I'm not exactly certain how they get opening from the lake bottom to the tunnel.. but it won't be the tbm doing it..

I've never been in one 600 feet down.. they're usually much more shallow than that.. 100-200 feet is probably average..

The pedophile is still dead.

#4 | Posted by chickenrancher at 2009-06-25 10:55 PM | Reply | Flag:I sure hope so.

the TBM or Tunnel Boring Machine. There are more of them operating in the US than you might think. But since they work out of sight, you don't notice them much.

Posted by nmg_no at 06:03 PM



Well, there's that one TBM under Las Vegas that Danny Ocean and his crew used.


Well, there's one TBM under The White House something about Norad and the President, Joe Biden let it slip at the local WAFFLE HOUSE. Get it WAFFLE HOUSE ahhahaha lol lol...


Sorry as you were carry on...

They'd better watch how deep they bore.
They'll run into jeffy's Alien Moonbase.

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