Let’s move to Dnepropetrovsk and check out how its subway construction is going. Last year, they resumed driving increasing the length of underground working by 100 m. Considerening the amount of work done during the last 10 years, it is a lot. But it’s almost nothing in general (they have 4 km more to drive!). In 2011, they mostly worked on mine shaft 14 and that’s where we are going.
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This is a construction site for mine shaft 14. In the foreground, you can see a machinery hall.
Mine shaft 14 is marked with a Nokia advertisement installed above the shaft. The mine shaft is 48 m deep. They are going to build Tsentralnaya Station there.
Piles of tubes.
Let’s go inside the machinery hall. There are two reels here, responsible for lowering and rising cages, and other hoisting devices.
A machine operator.
An electric locomotive.
These are bunkers for extracted ground which are used to load it onto dump trucks.
A dumper.
They turn over buckets with ground over the bunker to later load it onto a dump truck.
This is what warm and moist air coming up from the shaft forms there.
The right cage.
It’s foggy down here because it’s freezing outside while it’s +13C underground. Plus humidity is high too. Behind those buckets, you can see a cage winding.
A pitbottom.
Let’s get closer to Tsentralnaya Station.
A bottomhole.
An erector arm tunnel driver.
A Finnish drilling rig is used to drill blast holes.
Another drilling rig and a footway.
Let’s go back to the shaft.
A mucker.
This is how it works.
What’s left after blast holes.
The fog is getting thicker while we are approaching the shaft.
Another bottomhole (near Muzeynaya Station). They suspended works here in 2008. It is flooded with the water from Tsentralnaya Station.
A ventilation connection and a neighboring tunnel.
Another bottomhole.
This water is knee-deep in some places!
Another ventilation connection.
This is the only section so far featuring reinforced concrete finishing.
Unusual tubes.
This is where the pitbottom joins the tunnel of the 2nd track. It is also the only place in the area which is not flooded.
The last bottomhole.
This place features tubes of bigger diameter.
Location: Dnepropetrovsk
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February 26, 2012
Mine Shaft 14, Dnepropetrovsk
Cats Or Dogs? | English Russia
Dogs and cats have been enemies for ages. A cat that could not stay at home for long in the past is now tamed by people. A dog has always been a loyal friend of a human being. Let us see whether women prefer seeing dogs or cats as their pets.
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Anzhelika and Tosya. Anzhelika says that once a sick dog came to their house. It gave birth to a puppy in a few days and died. The girl let the puppy stay in her house and fell in love with that dog who had the same habits with her owner.
Valya and Gray. Gray is a hunting dog and never stays at the same place. He keeps running all the time. By the way, Valya is a reporter and has to visit a lot of places and communicate with many people.
Asemgul and Spanchik. Spanchik doesn’t allow anybody to disturb the girl when she is asleep. People say, he is as kind as his owner.
Galia and Lelik. Galia didn’t want to have a cat at home but her sons wanted it. She warned them that she wouldn’t take care of the cat. But now it is her who feeds and bathes the animal. She also calls the cat her third son.
Ayshat and Boniface. Boniface is very loyal and doesn’t like sharing Ayshat with anybody else.
Laura and Mia. In spite of the fact that Mia is small she is very brave. Laura prefers dogs to cats as dogs are much more loyal.
Lena and Tyomka. The cat likes freedom and never stays at home. But the girl loves the cat and says she will never exchange him for a dog.
Veronika and Motya. Motya is very calm and independent. We celebrate her birthday on February 14 and everybody presents the cat with tasty food. Veronika likes cats more because they don’t require as much attention as dogs.
Julia and Richi. Julia has always wanted to have a dog but her parents were against it. Now she stays alone and can afford having a dog. Richi is very independent just like Julia.
Flera and Miaow. When others go to work, Flera stays at home with the cat. They do all the things together and Flera sings old songs for Miaow. The woman is glad to have a cat as they are not so noisy as dogs.
And what is your choice?
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