Brunton Boring Machine

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Brunton machine, for digging tunnels into soft rock.

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View of the Brunton boring machine in situ, showing its impressive gears and wheels, with an operator seen from behind. Previously used in quarries, the Brunton machine was given a run in 1882 in a test tunnel near Sangatte, off the site of the first Channel Tunnel. Due to its complexity, which led to frequent failures, it did not progress beyond this testing phase and did not replace the Beaumont machine.

The caption reads in the original French: Machine Brunton pour le creusement des tunnels dans les roches tendres.

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