Northern Line
Underground train
A Northern Line train
heading through a tunnel lights up its surroundings.
Brunel's shield method of
tunneling was further enhanced by an engineer called Peter Barlow. He
added the idea that as the shield was pushed forward workers filled the
space behind with segments of steel joined together to form the circular
walls of the tunnel.
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copyright artofthestate
2014
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