stackyFACTSCarving through a massive mountain is accomplished by a giant mechanical worm violently pushing off its own installed waste. As the spinning cutter head chews through solid rock, hydraulic pistons brace against the freshly installed concrete ring segments behind it, inching the metal beast forward into the dark.
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