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Jeffie the micro-tunnel boring machine about to embark on on her sea journey from France to Auckland. It'll be used in Mt Eden to divert a section of the existing Mt Eden stormwater pipe which in the path of the new CRL tunnels that will be built there.
Jeffie arrives in Auckland, July 2018
Jeffie arriving in Auckland, July 2018
Jeffie arriving in Auckland, July 2018
Jeffie arrives on-site in Mt Eden, July 2018
It’s traditional when a new project starts for a small shrine to Santa Barbara to be set up at the tunnel, followed by a dedication and an invocation to Santa Barbara for protection of the workers.
CRL team with MBJV workers at the Blessing Ceremony for Jeffie at Mt Eden, December 2018
Statuette of St Barbara, the patron saint of miners and tunnellers is carried by MBJV tunnel supervisor Laurent LeCalvez down the CRL shaft at Mt Eden where tunnel boring machine Jeffie will be used to help divert a section of the existing Mt Eden stormwater pipe, which will be in the way of the CRL tunnel.
Statuette of St Barbara, the patron saint of miners and tunnellers is carried by MBJV tunnel supervisor Laurent LeCalvez down the CRL shaft at Mt Eden where tunnel boring machine Jeffie will be used to help divert a section of the existing Mt Eden stormwater pipe, which will be in the way of the CRL tunnel.
Jeffie on site at Mt Eden
Jeffie being lifted into shaft at Mt Eden, December 2018
Jeffie completing her underground journey below Mt Eden for Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) project, April 2019.
Jeffie completing her underground journey below Mt Eden for Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) project, April 2019.
Jeffie is lifted out after completing her underground journey below Mt Eden for Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) project, April 2019.
Jeffie after completing her underground journey below Mt Eden for Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) project, April 2019