Work Begun on the Dartford Purfleet Project London, Jan, 29.
After one year's preliminary work in connection with the construction of the Dartford Purfleet Thames tunnel, shafts have now been sunk on the Kent side to a depth of ninety feet, and on the Essex side to seventy feet. This week the boring of the pilot tunnel was also begun on the Essex side.
It is expected that the tunnelers from both banks will meet underneath in the middle of the river by September.
Tt is estimated that 25,000 tons of earth will be excavated from the Dartford tunnel, and this will be used to raise the level of approach roads and to make earth embank-12 ments and flood banks.
The tunnel is the biggest job on the Thames since the construction of B|the Rotherhithe tunnel thirty years ago, and it is the first Thames tunnel 10} to be sponsored by the Government, 2 (p)
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