Tunnels Collection (page 4)

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?

The Modern Caveman
A couple drive past Lake Thun, in Switzerland, where the road tunnels its way through the mountains which run down to the waters edge

New York Subway
New York subway train in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn under the East River

Tunnel for the Paris Metro - Seine
Tunnel cut for the Paris Metro under the River Seine - the convergence of two branches of the underground railway

Spiral Tunnels, British Columbia, Canada
Lower portal of Number Two tunnel, Spiral Tunnels, Field, British Columbia, Canada. The locomotive is passing under the train it is pulling! The tunnel opened in 1909

Construction of Drainage Tunnels at Wick Lane, London, 1859
Engraving showing the construction of mains drainage tunnels at Wick Lane, near Old Ford, London, in 1859

Subterranean warfare
Two French engineers are illustrated constructing a mine gallery. During the war tunnels were dug beneath enemy lines and mines placed to destroy enemy positions above

Underground warfare
Men working a mine-drill in a gallery, making a bore-hole for a camoflaut or secondary chamber, intended to cause the enemy work to fall in

Listening for sounds of counter-mining
British soldier using a microphone to listen for evidence of enemy counter-mining underground. Underground mines became a major feature of warfare on the Western Front during World War I with miners

To cure tube stuffiness
Image showing a new experiment on the London Underground to cure tubes of their stuffiness, whereby the Central London Railway Company proposed to spray the tunnels every night to combat the dryness

Mt Cenis Tunnel Opens
Workmen cheer as the first locomotive passes through the Mont Cenis railway tunnel beneath the Alps between France and Italy

French Chunnel Workings
French workings at Sangatte

Avoiding Tunnel
Two suggestions for crossing the Channel without the expense of building a tunnel

Hawkshaws Chunnel Prop
Sir John Hawkshaw proposes a tunnel beneath the seabed between Dover and Calais

Ajax Takes Soundings
Before a single spadeful of earth is dug, the Ajax takes soundings to determine the best route the tunnel should follow

Visiting Chunnel Works 3
A tram carries visitors to the English workings to the limits of current activity

Tunnels / Channel
Veyrrier, a French engineer, proposes an elevated tunnel resting on the sea-bed, with sections lowered from the surface

Chunnel / Lanos / Sea Floor
A tunnel resting on the sea floor would be very vulnerable

Chunnel / Lanos / Explodes
Should war break out, the tunnel may be blown up

Thames Railway Tunnel
One train emerges from the railway tunnel beneath the Thames into the station at Wapping while another train plunges into it

Construction / Hoover Dam
A Caterpillar engaged in excavating the approach cut to one of the diversion tunnels on the Hoover Dam, which was completed in 1935

Severn Tunnel Flooded
When water breaks through into the workings of the Severn Tunnel, diver Lambert penetrates the heading to close a door isolating the affected section

Thames Tunnel Accident
The fatal accident of January 1828 - water breaks into the workings and floods the partially completed tunnel

How the King May Travel
How the king may travel to Paris - in future. Just as World War One is about to start, the Channel Tunnel question is reconsidered

Hudson River Tunnel - 2
Constructing the Hudson River Tunnel between New York and New Jersey : laying the iron plates that line the tunnel

Rotherhithe Tunnel
The Thames tunnel at Rotherhithe; Western archway

I K Brunel / Mayall
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c

Thames Tunnel / Interior
Brunels Thames Tunnel

Thames Tunnel / Anon Col
Brunels Thames Tunnel - a cross-section showing the tunnel and ships sailing on the River above it

Chunnel / Italian Version
An Italian conception of the Channel Tunnel

Chunnel / Batemanrevy / Bell
Bateman and Revys railway tube project

Blackwall Tunnel Open
BLACKWALL TUNNEL The opening of the tunnel by the Prince and Princess of Wales

Blackwall Tun. Construct
BLACKWALL TUNNEL Interior of the tunnel during construction

Opening of the Thames Tunnel
A picture to commemorate the opening of the Thames Tunnel, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping, showing the company medallion featuring Sir Marc Isambard Brunel supported by one of the tunnels

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