Athens Olympics Opening Ceremony
A pile borer starts to put in the piles for the chamber. These were 1200mm diameter and went to a depth of 36m. The water table was only a metre below the surface, so water pumps ran 24 hours a day until the chamber was sealed.

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Date: Tue January 2, 2007
Description: A pile borer starts to put in the piles for the chamber. These were 1200mm diameter and went to a depth of 36m. The water table was only a metre below the surface, so water pumps ran 24 hours a day until the chamber was sealed.
Production: Athens Olympics Opening Ceremony
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece
Production Date: August 2004
Copyright: Piers Shepperd
Credit: Jack Morton Worldwide were the Producers of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympics


Anonymous
Sun March 18, 2007 12:38pm Rating: 10.00 

What a lot of mud!

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