Sentence examples for under rivers from inspiring English sources
Or to tunnel under rivers.
Tunneling shield, machine for driving tunnels in soft ground, especially under rivers or in water-bearing strata.
When finished, 3,000km of tunnels and canals will have been drilled through mountains, across plains and under rivers.
Tunneling under rivers was considered impossible until the protective shield was developed in England by Marc Brunel, a French émigré engineer.
Subways are usually built under city streets for ease of construction, but they may take shortcuts and sometimes must pass under rivers.
Being efficient, economical, advanced and environmentally friendly, it holds broad application prospects in exploitation of resources and crossing of pipe lines and tunnels under rivers.
"We had 7 under-river tunnels flooded out of 14," Mr. Prendergast said.
Most lines were back within a week, despite unprecedented flooding to seven of the authority's under-river tunnels.
Much of the damage to the subway system is concentrated in its under-river tunnels, connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn and Queens.
In all, seven of the city's 14 under-river subway tunnels were flooded during the storm, as were several major highway tunnels.
An aging remnant of Chicago's infrastructure came to light dramatically in April 1992, when an under-river tunnel was punctured, leading to massive flooding in downtown basements.
