VIDEO: Crane-cam view as 1st tunnel-machine piece is lifted, moved

March 20, 2015 4:17 pm

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| West Seattle news

You paid for it, you might as well get to see it: WSDOT has just put together that time-lapse video of the action on Thursday lifting the first big piece of the Highway 99 tunneling machine, plus some activity involving that piece today (with a West Seattle cameo in the background). WSDOT says it was taken “from the view of the cab operator of the crane that lifted the segment.” Two more pieces will be lifted before the mega-lift of the huge cutterhead.

7 Replies to "VIDEO: Crane-cam view as 1st tunnel-machine piece is lifted, moved"

Petert March 20, 2015 (5:03 pm)

Well, someone at WSDOT has a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor. That music is “Fingal’s Cave” by Felix Mendelssohn, also known as the Hebrides Overture.

Some of us old timers may also remember it from the 1940s cartoon, “Inki and the Mynah Bird”.
fiz March 20, 2015 (5:23 pm)

GAAAAAA! I expected a little Wagner.
Susan P. Schrage March 20, 2015 (6:52 pm)

Thank you, Petert! I was wondering what it was.
some dude March 20, 2015 (7:03 pm)

The music is very dramatic! Ha. Neat view though.
sam-c March 20, 2015 (7:06 pm)

Petert- thanks for that. I am not well-versed in that sort of info, but it is fun to hear about it from others.
SY March 20, 2015 (7:19 pm)

I expected Yakety Sax.
Trileigh March 21, 2015 (12:57 pm)

LOVED the video! Great musical accompaniment. It was fun seeing the ferries zip in and out too.

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