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Thought you might be interested in the following, from the LBL "Currents",
Friday, April 10, 1992:

SSC Moves Forward:
	A $14.4 million general contstruction contract has been awarded for the
construction of a 2.7 mile segment of the 54-mile underground tunnel that will
contain the Superconducting Super Collider particle accelerator, the world's
largest instrument for basic research into the fundamental nature of energy
and matter.  The contract went to a joint venture team of Traylor Bros., Inc.,
and Frontier Kemper Constructors, Inc., both of Evansville, Ind.  The team is
expected to complete the tunnel segment and shaft, which will be located six
miles west of Waxahachie, Texax, in December 1993.

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Groundbreaking for the tunnel is a major construction (and political)
milestone, and I for one am pleased to see that it will happen soon.
The details of the tunnel structure have already been decided upon based 
upon some test drilling in the chalky rock in which the tunnel will be cut.
One interesting decision is to dig a 18-meter long, 2 meter wide (roughly)
vertical shaft into which to lower the 17-meter dipoles.  This is a funny
shape for a shaft, but there was no other easy way to get the magnets down into
the tunnel inexpensively.

-Scott