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Post by Dmitri on Mar 19, 2006 8:06:43 GMT
Well, I see you're the really clever lot, guessing the most obscure locations in hours, if not minutes  . TBH I always wanted to make you busy  , and when I was finishing reading the excellent story by Mr. CSLR, the following question came into being. Some 70 odd years ago, Chesterfield made a very important contribution to the Moscow Metro's history. What was that? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2006 8:51:32 GMT
His wife gave birth to Mr Dmitiri...  Sam |
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Post by Dmitri on Mar 19, 2006 11:06:23 GMT
His wife gave birth to Mr Dmitiri... I may look ancient from your standpoint, but I'm definitely not that ancient  . |
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Post by Phil on Mar 19, 2006 11:10:36 GMT
I see you like that smiley site Dmitri - great isn't it? (still working on the obscure one!!!)
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Post by Dmitri on Mar 19, 2006 12:09:56 GMT
I see you like that smiley site Dmitri - great isn't it? Yes indeed  . BTW I've already received a correct answer via PM - don't know how long it will remain secret though . |
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Post by Dmitri on Mar 22, 2006 12:30:46 GMT
Sorry for the delay - was very busy of late. As no one else seems to know , here is a correct answer from Mr. CSLR: "In that case you are probably talking Markham and tunnelling shields".A bit of background. "How we built the Metro" book (in Russian) states that, after considering several options, a tunneling shield was ordered from Markham of Chesterfield in September, 1932, and in March 1933 equipment started to arrive in Moscow. However, I won't ask a question if the only source of answer is in a language unknown to the most of you. So, after some search, I've found the following ones. First was a Wikipedia article about Chesterfield that mentions Markham and tunnel boring machines. The second one was a story about Markham and Company on the 'Chesterfield Today' - makes an interesting reading itself, and mentions Moscow as one of the customers on the page 2. Shame that such an outstanding company doesn't exist anymore... |
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. TBH I always wanted to make you busy 
