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This equipment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nevada Test Site is capable of augering soil down to a depth of 150 feet. Here it is suspended from a 150-ton crane. The rotary auger is driven by two separate motors suspended from the raised platform. It is used to start some vertical boreholes for underground nuclear tests. Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office. ND
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