TARP Tunnel Boring Machine Performance Chicago
- Organization:
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
- Pages:
- 7
- File Size:
- 234 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1993
Abstract
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP) is a multi-purpose urban public works project with a total cost of $3.7 billion. Currently 51 miles of TARP tunnels are completed and operational and 34 miles are under construction. The excavated TARP tunnels have been constructed in rock utilizing 29 tunnel boring machines, ranging in size from 6.5 to 35.3 feet in diameter.
Citation
APA: (1993) TARP Tunnel Boring Machine Performance Chicago
MLA: TARP Tunnel Boring Machine Performance Chicago. Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 1993.