Tunnels Collection (page 3)

Chunnel Hopes & Fears
Britain is both hopeful and fearful about the Channel Tunnel... Date: 1882

View of English Workings
A general view of the English workings in St Margarets Bay, near Dover, Date: circa 1882

Gladstone Reluctant
Gladstone is unenthusiastic about Watkins project. Date: 1888

No to the Channel
Britannia says No to the Channel Tunnel initiative. Date: 1882

Thome De Gamond Cover
The title page of Thome de Gamonds tunnel proposal, inscribed by the author. Date: 1857

Kalka-Dharampur Rly 8
A scene on the Kalka to Dharampur Railway, in the lower Himalayas, N.India; a train emerges from one of the many tunnels as it descends from the hills. Date: early 20th century

New York Subway / 1872
A section of the tunnel under Broadway Date: 1872

English Workings 1
English workings - the Abbots Cliff tunnel on the English coast where some of the preliminary experimental workings took place. Date: circa 1884

Transport / Tunnels
THE BLACKWALL TUNNEL. The opening ceremony, showing the Royal procession passing out of the Tunnel. Date: 22ND May 1897

Blackwall Tunnel Opened
THE BLACKWALL TUNNEL The opening of the Blackwall Tunnel: The arrival of the Royal party at the northern entrance. Date: 22 May 1897

Blisworth canal tunnel
Entrance to the 1100-yard canal tunnel at Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England Date: late 18th century

Angels Flight cable railway, Los Angeles, California, USA
Angels Flight, a miniature cable railway at Third and Hill Streets, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: circa 1940s

New York City, USA, Pennsylvania Railroad under Hudson River
New York City, USA - Pennsylvania Railroad under Hudson River. Date: circa 1910s

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Back Cover Souvenir Booklet with impression of the towers and structures of the city Date: 1937

Britannia decides against the Channel Tunnel 1882
Britannia decides against the Channel Tunnel. 1882

Settle to Carlisle Railway Tunnels, Baron Wood, Cumbria
Settle to Carlisle Railway Tunnels, Baron Wood, Armathwaite, Cumbria, England. Date: 1970s

Interior of the Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool
King George V opened the Mersey Tunnel called Queensway on 18 July 1934, arranging to drive in the tunnel. Exclusively for vehicles, connecting Liverpool with Birkenhead under the River Mersey

Proposed Channel Tunnel, 1880
The proposed channel tunnel with three engravings showing the preliminary experimental workings at Sangatte on the French coast, Ness Point, St

Projects for a road & rail link between Britain & France
A double page spread from The Illustrated London News demonstrating a number of rival proposals for building a road and rail link between France and Britain

Vision of the Channel Tunnel in 1909
Artists impression of the exit of the Channel Tunnel at Dover showing a variety of motor cars and omnibuses arriving from France

Secret History of the Channel Tunnel by Heath Robinson
An early experiment of the inventor. A proposal for the Channel Tunnel tested out using beer barrels and an accommodating puddle or small pond. Date: 1919

The Channel Tunnel - hints to builders, Heath Robinson
An unaccountable delay in the Channel Tunnel. A hold up due to the hook on a line belonging to a fisherman in a boat above the surface - unforeseen problems with the Channel Tunnel imagined by

The Channel Tunnel - hints to engine drivers, Heath Robinson
Heroic endeavour of an engine-driver to stop a leak. An engine driver sticks his head in a hole threatening to flood the Channel Tunnel - a humorous scenario envisaged by William Heath Robinson

Tunnel under the Elbe, Hamburg, Germany
Tunnel under the River Elbe, Hamburg, Germany. Date: circa 1910

River drive and tunnel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1905

Central Station and River Tunnel, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Michigan Central Station and entrance to Detroit River Tunnel, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Date: 1913

Paris, France - General View beneath the streets
Section of the soil under a street in Paris, showing drains, water and gas supplies and caves Date: 1854

Firefighters and police in London Underground
Firefighters and police in the London Underground during an incident on 28 February 1975. An underground train had failed to stop at Moorgate station

British sentries at railway tunnels at the start of WWI
Once Germany had declared war on Russia, war with France was certain to follow, with the possibility that Great Britain could be forced into the conflict too

A Dug-Out - In the tunnels, Hill 60, August 1917, by Lieutenant W (Will) H Dyson (1880-1938), Australian Imperial Force. Dyson joined the Army

Main drainage of the metropolis
Drainage works in London to purify the water: sectional view of the tunnels from Wick Lane, near Old Ford, Bow. Date: 1859

French mine crater WWI
View of French soldiers working at the mine face in the tunnel in darkness, and a diagram showing two branches stretching to the right and left where tons of explosive are to be placed. Date: 1916

Underground Construction
Construction workers and engineers work to build tunnels for one of the early London Underground lines. Date: 1860s

East River Tunnel, New York, USA Date: circa 1907

Channel Tunnel illustration
Channel tunnel illustration, 1896 Date: 1896

Toscolana (i. e. Toscolano) Valley, roads and tunnels, Lake G
Toscolana (i.e. Toscolano) Valley, roads and tunnels, Lake Garda, Italy. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Wassen, the tunnels, St. Gotthard Railway, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Loop and tunnels, Siskiyou Mountains, California. Date c1900

London tube made air raid proof, 1939
Page from The Sphere outlining how London Underground had carried out emergency work on the under-river tube tunnels to make them waterproof from flooding during World War II

Chicago Tunnels
Beneath the streets of Chicago an extensive system of tunnels conveys freight hither and thither. Date: 1916

Yerba Buena Aerodrome
Plans for the island of Yerba Buena, San Francisco, U.S.A. to be turned into a harbour airport and runways for the U.S. airforce, with tunnels serving as bomb-proof hangars Date: 1940s

Killarney Rock Tunnel
A tunnel cut through rock on the Kenmare Road, on the way to the Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. Date: 1930s

Train on French Riviera
The Corniche railway route on the rocky coast of the French Riviera runs through a succession of tunnels and viaducts. Date: 1901

Cloisters of Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England circa 2008

Englishs Boring Machine
Thomas Englishs boring machine, used in the English works. Date: 1883

Argument against Chunnel
An argument against the Channel Tunnel - being cooped up with a snoring Frenchman smelling of frogs legs and garlic for as long as it takes to pass from Calais to Dover ! Date: 1882

Chunnel / Lanos / Lift
The train may either enter the tunnel via a giant lift or an inclined plane Date: 1905

View of railway tunnel works, location unknown possibly Spain?

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