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Sawmill Grinders And Old Piers: A Historian Talks About What Could Be in Bertha's Path

caption: Previous development of Seattle's waterfront may have left behind impediments to Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine.
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Previous development of Seattle's waterfront may have left behind impediments to Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine.
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Marcie Sillman talks with Jennifer Ott of HistoryLink.org about one possible cause of the SR 99 tunneling machine’s blockage: leftovers from Seattle's historical waterfront development.

For other, more humorous, theories check out our What's Blocking Bertha? compilation.

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