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So Buzzfeed won’t create our buzzquiz ideas. No biggie. We made our own. Just scroll down and click “Let’s Play!” to get started.
Read MoreSo Buzzfeed won’t create our buzzquiz ideas. No biggie. We made our own. Just scroll down and click “Let’s Play!” to get started.
Read MoreYesterday, our tunnel boring machine Mackenzie—who has been disassembled for more than a month but keeps right on tweeting—received a great question from a follower: Are all tunnel boring machines named after women? Why?@MomChungtheTBM @BerthaDigsSR99 @BigAlmatheTBM @LadyBirdTBM @MackenzieTBM — Kimble McCraw (@kimblem) December 12, 2013 With a little help...
Read MoreIt is finished. Mackenzie—the 1,500-ton tunnel boring machine that once spanned more than three football fields in total length—now rests in hundreds of pieces in the cold December Bratenahl air. Since finishing her three-mile journey digging the Euclid Creek Tunnel back in August, she has been meticulously disassembled and...
Read MoreMackenzie dug her way into hundreds of Ohio schools late last month. After our tunnel boring machine Mackenzie finished digging the 18,000-foot-long Euclid Creek Tunnel in August, she was brought to the surface piece by piece, and a school news program featured her accomplishment in September. The clip above...
Read MoreWhen our tunnel boring machine Mackenzie finished digging the Euclid Creek Tunnel late last month, she did so on-line, ahead of schedule, and under budget. It’s likely some of the money she saved will go towards a new paint job. Digging through three miles of shale 200 feet under...
Read MoreAt 1:27 a.m. Wednesday, Mackenzie saw a light she hadn’t seen in more than a year. Mackenzie, the 1,500-ton tunnel boring machine drilling the three-mile-long Euclid Creek Tunnel 200 feet under Cleveland, broke through the shale at shaft 5, marking the end of her boring—but very exciting—journey. While the...
Read MoreA rumbling journey of more than 18,000 feet is nearing completion. As of 9:00 this evening, the yellow box in the map above is the live location of Mackenzie, the tunnel boring machine digging our Euclid Creek Tunnel 200 feet under Cleveland. The shaft visible at the end of...
Read MoreFrom superheroes to sports dramas, Hollywood has made Cleveland home this summer and we’re loving it. Sure, we offered a plant tour to Captain America and guests (the offer still stands, BTW), but it got us thinking, “Would Hollywood find our unsung work worthy of the silver screen?” To...
Read MoreMany Americans take the train or ride an elevator to work. These, however, are a bit more unconventional. WKYC’s Chris Tye visited our Euclid Creek Tunnel shaft site at Nine Mile Creek last week, and Bob Auber, Doug Gabriel, and Kellie Rotunno took him on a journey few people...
Read MoreMackenzie is the name of the huge tunnel digger that will burrow the route of the Euclid Creek Tunnel, a major piece of our Project Clean Lake efforts. Here are some of the stats about the project and the equipment. About the Euclid Creek Tunnel The Euclid Creek Tunnel...
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