Brunton Boring Machine

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The Brunton machine was tried in 1882 in a test tunnel near Sangatte, off the first Channel Tunnel — Brunton machine, for digging tunnels into soft rock.

Artist

Name:: Unknown

Illustration

Subject:: Science & technology
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Wellcome Library, the Internet Archive
Observations:: Signed "Scott," bottom left (initial illegible)

Book

Title:: Les nouvelles conquêtes de la science, vol. 2
Author(s):: Figuier, Louis
Publisher:: Paris: Librairie Illustrée, Marpon & Flammarion, n.d. [after 1883]
Open Library:: View record

Description

Previously used in quarries, the Brunton machine was given a run in 1882 in a test tunnel near Sangatte, off the site of the first Channel Tunnel. Due to its complexity, which caused frequent failures, it didn’t go beyond this testing phase and didn’t replace the Beaumont machine.

The caption reads in the original French: Machine Brunton pour le creusement des tunnels dans les roches tendres.

Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, machine, underground