London’s Crossrail Cores Going to Salt Mine

May 14, 2013 rockman Project Related Comments Off on London’s Crossrail Cores Going to Salt Mine
561 pallets of rock core for the Crossrail project will be stored in a salt mine

561 pallets of rock core for the Crossrail project will be stored in a salt mine

London’t mega-project known as Crossrail that involves the construction of 118 km (73 mi) of new rail line with 42 km (26 mi) of new tunnels. The geotechnical investigation for Crossrail included rock coring, and some 561 pallets of core are going to be stored inside the mined out portion of a salt mine in Cheshire. The temperature and humidity levels remain consistent year-round making it an ideal place to store the core. According to the NCE article, this material is less than half of the core drilled during the investigation phase of the project. [Source: New Civil Engineer. Image: New Civil Engineer]

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