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Reverend William Campbell offers a special blessing over Emily, the project and the crews who will work alongside her underground. 🙏💧
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September 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Officially christened! 💧

Interim General Manager Matthew T. Brown broke a bottle of DC tap water against Emily, continuing a tunneling tradition meant to wish the machine and her crew a safe and successful journey. #PRTEmily
September 19, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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What a day at West Potomac Park! 💙🚧

From heading underground into the Potomac River Tunnel to exploring the site and enjoying activities above ground, our community got a firsthand look at the work happening beneath DC.

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Community Day! #PRTEmily
Guests are lowered by crane in a personnel cage into the Potomac River Tunnel construction site. Guests wearing hard hats and safety vests walk through the concrete-lined Potomac River Tunnel. Community Day guests speak with a project team member at the Potomac River Tunnel construction site. Mary and Emily reenactors dressed in period clothing sit beside a table under a tent at Potomac River Tunnel Community Day.
September 19, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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It’s Emily’s big day! 💧🚧

We’re at West Potomac Park for Emily’s Christening & Community Day.

Emily is the second of two sister tunnel boring machines helping build the 5.5-mile Potomac River Tunnel. #PRTEmily
Potomac River Tunnel project team members gathered at the construction site wearing high-visibility safety shirts and hard hats. DC Water Interim General Manager Matthew T. Brown speaks at a podium at the Potomac River Tunnel construction site, with TBM Emily’s cutterhead and construction equipment behind him. TBM Emily’s cutterhead suspended by cables at the Potomac River Tunnel construction site, with a DC Clean Rivers Project sign displayed on the front. Dr. Moussa Wone speaks at a podium at the Potomac River Tunnel construction site, with TBM Emily’s cutterhead and construction equipment behind him.
September 19, 2026 at 1:38 PM