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Grain to Tilbury electricity upgrade project in the UK is employing Europe’s largest diameter VSM

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The launch of Europe’s largest diameter vertical shaft sinking machine at Tilbury, Essex

The launch of Europe’s largest diameter vertical shaft sinking machine at Tilbury, Essex | Credits: National Grid

The largest diameter vertical shaft sinking machine (VSM) in Europe, named "Verena", after Verena Holmes, a pioneering British mechanical engineer, has begun operations at National Grid's Tilbury site,...

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