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The naming of the new
Laura, ODA Transport team04 February 2009
As part of my job working on the Olympic Park site newspaper called 'Park Life', I recently got to take part in a special 'naming' ceremony for two new tunnelling machines on the Park. Yep, similar to the tradition of bestowing ships with a female name, t

‘Pippa’ and ‘Christine’, which will tunnel up to 145m, starting from the south of the Olympic Stadium before emerging to its east:


Pippa and Christine

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