Project Gutenberg 2021-11-07 Public domain in the USA. 247 Whiteside, Thomas 1918 1997 62009744 The Tunnel Under the Channel Brian Wilsden, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Tunnel Under the Channel" by Thomas Whiteside is a historical account written in the early 1960s. The book explores the long and tumultuous history of various proposals to construct a tunnel beneath the English Channel, connecting England and France. It details the technical challenges, political resistance, and social implications of this monumental engineering ambition, examining how perceptions of national identity and security played a crucial role in the project's ongoing debate. The opening of the book introduces the daunting physical and psychological barriers posed by the English Channel, outlining the various engineering proposals and societal sentiments regarding a potential tunnel. Whiteside begins by dissecting the geographic characteristics of the Channel, emphasizing its shallow depths and treacherous seas, which have led to a strong desire among travelers to seek a dry land crossing. As he recounts past proposals and intentions from visionary figures over the last century, it becomes clear that not only the engineering but also national pride and identity are intricately tied to the idea of tunneling under the Channel, revealing a complex interplay between innovation and tradition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 47.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Tunnels -- English Channel HE Text Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Engineering & Technology 272848 2025-07-26T10:24:43.771865 text/html 249378 2024-10-18T16:56:40 text/html 4042567 2025-07-26T10:24:48.339861 application/epub+zip 4043426 2025-07-26T10:24:44.743818 application/epub+zip 168289 2025-07-26T10:24:44.197845 application/epub+zip 4060357 2025-07-26T10:24:51.186832 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4031283 2025-07-26T10:24:47.746827 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221229 2022-09-29T22:54:36.971876 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249317 2025-07-26T10:24:43.348881 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229397 2024-10-18T16:56:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16517 2025-07-26T10:24:51.327776 application/rdf+xml 15089 2025-07-26T10:24:44.286826 image/jpeg 2503 2025-07-26T10:24:44.242814 image/jpeg 3824977 2025-07-26T10:24:43.910870 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia