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Tunnelling shield

A tunnelling shield is a protective structure used during the excavation of large, human-made tunnels. When excavating through ground that is soft, liquid, or otherwise unstable, there is a potential health and safety hazard to workers and the project itself from falling materials or a cave-in. A tunnelling shield can be used as a temporary support…

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Tunnelling shield

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Edges25
Triples17
Avg. degree1.92
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related to history · 16
Tunnelling shield → Brunel, Despite, Field, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Its, January, Lambeth, London, Lord Cochrane, Marc Isambard Brunel, Maudslay, Shelves, Sons, Thames Tunnel, The, This
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Tunnelling shield → protective structure used during the excavation of large

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Tunnelling shieldis aprotective structure used during the excavation of large0.90text
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historyThe0.60section
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historyMarc Isambard Brunel0.60section
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historyLord Cochrane0.60section
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historyJanuary0.60section
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historyBrunel0.60section
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historyIsambard Kingdom Brunel0.60section
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historyThames Tunnel0.60section
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historyMaudslay0.60section
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historySons0.60section
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historyField0.60section
Tunnelling shieldrelated to historyLambeth0.60section

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