Timelapse disassembly of Big Bertha tunneling machine - GIF and video

Timelapse disassembly of Big Bertha tunneling machine.

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1:43 video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mc9TswBvGU


And here's Big Bertha disassembled and being shipped:
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More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha...oring_machine)


Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...7790#post86258
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...031#post120283
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...841#post100173

Interesting that they removed it at end of project; perhaps to remove future pollution potential.
Locally, they did a tunnel project a few years ago to manage sewage overflows. A small project (2300’ x 12’ diameter). At the end, they ran the machine a dozen yards beyond the access pit and buried it in concrete...

The way they disassembled it in the first video, I bet they hauled it away in 50,000 pick up trucks.

And that's what happens to a Horta after Captain Kirk kills it.