Timeline 1960-1979
1960
4,000 sand drains stabilize a man-made island, part of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia.
1965
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, NJ, the first commercial nuclear power plant and the first of many nuclear power plant jobs for Moretrench.
1967
During original construction of the World Trade Center in New York, Moretrench ejector wells allow existing PATH tubes to be stabilized so that excavation and bathtub construction can be completed.
1971
Dewatering for San Francisco’s BART system marks the first of many dewatering projects on subways across the country.
1972
Moretrench takes on its first overseas job, installing a deep well system for pressure relief under a dry dock in Spain. Other work follows in the Canary Islands and Saudi Arabia.
1976
Moretrench takes on its first slurry trench job at the Two Bridges Treatment Plant in Lincoln Park, NJ.
1976
Freeze Wall is established as a subsidiary company to develop ground freezing opportunities in North America. It’s first project was at the Corning Glass works in New York.