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A comment on Bertha, the Giant Borer That Broke, May Be Sinking Seattle's Downtown (2014).

Re:Bertha, the Giant Borer That Broke, May Be Sinking Seattl... by nkrumm on Thursday February 26, 2015 @06:42PM (#9116340)
This is from last December. The latest [1] is that Bertha was successfully moved into the access pit, and they're starting to disassemble the cutter for repairs. Engineers on site did measure a ~1" sink of surrounding soil, but downtown Seattle is still standing.

[1] http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Viaduct/Contents/Item/Displ...

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