National Grid completed tunnelling under Lea Marshes in June 2014. The picture above shows the Head Can, the cutting head sits on the front of this and the waste goes backwards through this section and onto a conveyor. The last bits of large equipment were removed on July 6, 2014.
(29/June/2014 photo Kriss Lee)
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(6/July/2014 photo Kriss Lee)
Last of the tunnelling equipment is removed.