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South Access Hatchway

South Access Hatchway

Most parts of the accelerator are just too big and heavy to carry downstairs by hand. Large equipment is driven into this building on the back of a truck, lifted by a crane attached to the ceiling and lowered down a hatch into the tunnel. You can see the closed hatch plates behind the handrail.

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