Cut (earthworks)
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In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock from a relative rise is removed.
Road cutting
Talerddig cutting through the granite Cambrian Mountains, Wales in 2001. Created as part of the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway, with a depth of 120 feet (37 m), it was the deepest cutting in the world at the time of its opening in the early 1860s. The original nearly-vertical sides have since been trimmed back.
Open-cut station of the New York City Subway
A lock cut on the River Thames at Bray Lock, Berkshire. The tall wooden poles are designed for boats to tie on to while awaiting entry into the lock.
Olive Mount cutting
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Olive Mount cutting, which was opened in 1830, is a 2-mile sandstone railway cutting on the line to Manchester, 4 miles from Liverpool. The cutting is 80 feet deep and is situated between Wavertree Te
Cut (earthworks)
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The view towards Wavertree Technology Park railway station, with the junction to Olive Mount chord in the foreground.
The excavation of Olive Mount, four miles from Liverpool.