Docklands Light Railway Tunnel-Borer -- DLR Maritime Greenwich Station, Greenwich, London, UK - Preserved Machines on Public Display on Waymarking.com

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.

From wikipedia: (visit link)

"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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GALLERY

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"

Type of Machine: tunnel-boring machine (TBM) Year the machine was built: 1995 Year the machine was put on display: 1999 Is there online documentation for this machine: [Web Link]

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