Providence Proceeds With ‘Little’ Big Dig

It’s no exaggeration to say that an enormous piece of tunneling machinery was shipped to Providence, RI, recently. The hard rock tunnel boring machine weighs 690 tons (621 t) and came all the way from Japan on a ship large enough to haul it.

The machine will be used to bore an immense tunnel beneath Providence, which is designed to store up to 62 million gal. (235.6 million L) of sewage and prevent it from flowing into the nearby Narragansett Bay. More...

Providence Proceeds With ‘Little’ Big Dig