WORLD''S BIGGEST TUNNEL BORING MACHINES

Large tunnel boring machine

Large tunnel boring machine

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Biggest offshore drilling rig

Biggest offshore drilling rig

Located approximately 196 miles east of Newfoundland, Canada, the Hibernia rig is the world’s largest offshore rig and the first iceberg-resistant gravity structure. It operates in the North Atlantic with a total tonnage of 496,040 tons. [pdf]

Tunnel rock drill

Tunnel rock drill

The was developed by Sir to excavate the in 1825. However, this was only the invention of the shield concept and did not involve the construction of a complete tunnel boring machine, the digging still having to be accomplished by the then standard excavation methods. [pdf]

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