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tunnel boring machine

machine used to excavate circular tunnels through a variety of soil and rock strata
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tunnel boring machine

Summary

tunnel boring machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (301 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tunnel boring machine's image is recorded as Zürich - Oerlikon - Tunnelbohrmaschine IMG 0002.JPG[2].
  • tunnel boring machine's GND ID is recorded as 4186442-6[3].
  • tunnel boring machine's subclass of is recorded as heavy equipment[4].
  • tunnel boring machine's has use is recorded as tunnel construction[5].
  • tunnel boring machine's Commons category is recorded as Tunnel boring machines[6].
  • tunnel boring machine's said to be the same as is recorded as Q11308931[7].
  • tunnel boring machine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1846-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • tunnel boring machine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rtzz[9].
  • tunnel boring machine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tunnel boring machines[10].
  • tunnel boring machine's Commons gallery is recorded as Tunnel boring machine[11].
  • tunnel boring machine's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0148798[12].
  • tunnel boring machine's different from is recorded as techno body music[13].
  • tunnel boring machine's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2987619373[14].
  • tunnel boring machine's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 322749[15].
  • tunnel boring machine's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as tuneladora[16].
  • tunnel boring machine's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Tunnelier[17].

Why It Matters

tunnel boring machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (301 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Jeuwre · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Said to be the same as → Q11308931
    Has use → tunnel construction
    Subclass of → heavy equipment
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: De-Tunnelbohrmaschine.ogg"
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