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Recent Examples of crawlwayThe roughly four-mile crawlway is constructed with a specialized type of river rock, designed to hold up to 22 million pounds.—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022 To limit the amount of dust kicked up by the crawler—after all, dust is the enemy to any machine—a truck sprays water over the crawlway.—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022 In the first 5 years of operation, the railroad delivered 30,000 carloads of material to help construct the massive crawlway connecting the VAB to the launch pads, according to the Southeastern Railway Museum.—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2020
Bridge and tunnel crowd There’s been a whole bunch of international infrastructure projects in the news this week, with a strong focus on digging.
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
14 Dec. 2024
The overhead lights stayed on, but everything else went quiet — weirdly quiet — like no electricity or air was circulating in the car or tunnel.
Turns out, there wasn't.
The waves push the algae that grows on the limestone shelf and small invertebrates that the fish eat deeper into the cave — most likely too deep for the little swimmers to access.
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
The results indicated that two of the individuals found in Ranis were closely related to the one in the Czechia cave — within five or six degrees in family relation.
The sudden turbulence swept organic matter from the pupfish's critical spawning shelf into the depths of the cavern, which extends over 500 feet.
Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2024
Hike through thrilling jungle terrain, explore a breathtaking network of underground caverns, and rappel down a stunning waterfall with a heart-pounding descent into the Belizean rainforest.
The post-verdict celebration underscores a basic fact about Penny’s future: The 26-year-old who had been accused of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the subway death of Jordan Neely is now a free man.
Eric Levenson,
CNN,
10 Dec. 2024
Neely, a street and subway performer, had experienced homelessness and poor mental health leading up to his death, according to lawyers for his family.
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