Docklands Light Railway Tunnel-Borer -- DLR Maritime Greenwich Station, Greenwich, London, UK
N 51° 28.940 W 000° 00.653
30U E 707541 N 5707701
A part of the HUGE face of the tunnel-boring machine that carved tunnels for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) under the Thames peeks out from its display at the DLR Maritime Greenwich station
Waymark Code: WMT4AK
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/23/2016
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Part of the huge tunnel-boring machine that chewed through bedrock under the River Thames to create tunnels for the Docklands Light Railway to pass through is painted for display in a Union Flag scheme at the main entry/exit for the DLR station at Maritime Greenwich.
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"Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Greenwich, south-east London, so named for its proximity to the Cutty Sark in the Maritime Greenwich district. It is the most central of the Greenwich DLR stations, being situated in Greenwich Town Centre.
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Part of the cutter head from the front of the TBM (tunnel boring machine) used to drive the twin tunnels under the river Thames from Island Gardens to Greenwich"