Broadway tunnel boring machine literally makes a breakthrough

VANCOUVER — The first tunnel boring machine excavating the Broadway Subway project has broken through to the future Mount Pleasant Station. The breakthrough occurred on the evening of Jan. 23 according to a news release. The custom-built 150-metre-long machine, named Elsie after B.C. born aircraft designer Elizabeth MacGill, bored a six-metre-wide hole in the station’s … Continue reading Broadway tunnel boring machine literally makes a breakthrough