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News release from Fort Wayne City Utilities asking residents to help name the Tunnel Boring Machine.<\/p>\n

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Call Me by My Name<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fort Wayne, Indiana (May 29, 2018) – One of the largest public infrastructure projects in the history of the community is underway with the construction of the Deep Rock Tunnel. The five-mile-long tunnel, more than 200-feet under the earth’s surface, with an interior diameter of 16-feet, will have a significant impact on improving the quality of our rivers.<\/p>\n

Over the next several years more than 4,000 workers will be involved in aspects of tunnel construction. Arguably, the most important worker, grinding away 24-hours-a-day, will be the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). At 20-feet in diameter and 400-feet in length, this massive machine is vital to the construction of the tunnel.<\/p>\n

It’s tradition to give this important worker, the TBM, a name.<\/p>\n

Mining lore says that as far back as the 1500s workers paid to Saint Barbara for protection while working in the dark underground. Most TBM’s are still given women’s names, but that’s changing and some have received male or gender-neutral names.<\/p>\n

Over the past month, we’ve worked with area schools, neighborhood leaders, and City Utilities staff members to come up with ideas for a name. Students narrowed the list to four and now we’re asking residents to vote.<\/p>\n

Voting begins today and continues through June 7, 2018. Residents can vote at votefortwaynetunnel.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TBM Name Finalists:<\/p>\n