Episode 403
Tunnelling Under London
What weighs 1000 tonnes, is 150 metres long and moves 200 metres a day? Meet the new tunnel-boring machines burrowing below London...
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
October 14, 201354m 21s
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Show Notes
How do you dig a 26 mile tunnel beneath a city and below the water table? This week we drop in on Crossrail, who are busy constructing a new commuter line below the UK capital, to discover how massive tunnels are made in the modern era. Plus, we take a walk along the World's first and oldest tunnel built below a river to hear how it was made, and we find out what present-day tunnelling is turning up of London's past. Also, news of a drug that can repair the brain damage done by multiple sclerosis, and a planet found floating alone in interstellar space... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
tunnellingengineeringtunnel boring machines - tbmsand liquefactioncrossrailarchaeologymultiple sclerosis - MSexoplanetsclimate changenaked scientists