The Precursor to all EPB and Slurry TBMs
In 1964 Robbins developed the first compressed air tunneling machine to successfully excavate a 2.9 km long tunnel below the water table in Paris, France. The design served as the genesis for the EPB and Slurry TBMs we know today.
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