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Meet ‘Lucy,’ a 1,582-ton tunnel boring machine that tweets
Meet ‘Lucy,’ a 1,582-ton tunnel boring machine that tweetsBy Sadie Dingfelder April 20
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Lucy, a tunnel boring machine, aims to alleviate flooding in LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale. (D.C. Water)
When D.C. Water’s new tunnel boring machine was officially christened “Lucy” last week, one of her fellow “TBMs” seemed a little jealous.
“Oh sure, everyone loves Lucy,” tweeted Lady Bird, apparently taking a break from boring a 100-foot deep tunnel alongside the Potomac River.
Yes, each of D.C.’s three tunnel diggers has her own Twitter account. Lucy — @LucyTBM — joined just last week, tweeting “Well hello, #BloomingdaleDC” to the neighborhood where she will be beginning her tunnel task. She also replied to her sister digger: “@LadyBirdTBM Don’t be a hater.”
D.C. Water spokeswoman Pamela Mooring denies any friction among the three divas. In fact, they are all working together beautifully in their shared mission: to revamp D.C.’s antiquated sewer system.
The $2.6 billion Clean Rivers project is “D.C.’s biggest construction project since the building of the Metro,” she says.
@SadieDing
Lucy, a tunnel boring machine, aims to alleviate flooding in LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale. (D.C. Water)
When D.C. Water’s new tunnel boring machine was officially christened “Lucy” last week, one of her fellow “TBMs” seemed a little jealous.
“Oh sure, everyone loves Lucy,” tweeted Lady Bird, apparently taking a break from boring a 100-foot deep tunnel alongside the Potomac River.
Yes, each of D.C.’s three tunnel diggers has her own Twitter account. Lucy — @LucyTBM — joined just last week, tweeting “Well hello, #BloomingdaleDC” to the neighborhood where she will be beginning her tunnel task. She also replied to her sister digger: “@LadyBirdTBM Don’t be a hater.”
D.C. Water spokeswoman Pamela Mooring denies any friction among the three divas. In fact, they are all working together beautifully in their shared mission: to revamp D.C.’s antiquated sewer system.
The $2.6 billion Clean Rivers project is “D.C.’s biggest construction project since the building of the Metro,” she says.
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