Rapid tunnelling in soft ground

“Summary: robbins’ excavator shield tunnelling system is a soft ground tunnelling machine. it consists of a dydraulically propelled shield with an excavator mounted in the top of the main section. there is no rotating head - the shape of the shield can be varies to suit the ultimate use of the tunnel. this film shows the machine in action during the construction of the detroit sewer tunnel in 1971”

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Credits

Duration

00:15:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

509857

Language

English

Subject categories

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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United States, 1971

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