AbstractsLaw & Legal Studies

Unique method of driving large tunnel at the Hannibal Quarry of the Atlas Portland Cement Company

by James Leonidas Boucher




Institution: Missouri University of Science and Technology
Department:
Year: 1920
Record ID: 1554519
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/26124


Abstract

"During the development of operations at the limestone Quarry of The Atlas Portland Cement Company, Hannibal, Mo., it was found necessary to drive a large tunnel from one open "cut" to a point where the opening up and development of other "cuts" could be carried on" – p. 1.