دانلود کتاب The tunnel - the story of the channel tunnel 1802-1994

In 1802 a Frenchman named Albert Mathieu put forward a proposal for an undersea passage for
horse-drawn carriages between Britain and France. From that moment on, the idea of a fixed
cross-Channel link has aroused the hopes and the fears of Heads of State, politicians,
entrepreneurs and engineers all over the world.

THE TUNNEL is the fascinating story of an argument that has lasted for nearly 200 years.
Donald Hunt, a consultant to the Channel Tunnel project for over thirty years, addresses every
issue raised by the Tunnel, and recounts the story in its entirety — from the visions of the early
nineteenth century, to the successful Anglo-French achievement of one of the greatest
engineering feats of the twentieth century.

The Treaty that enabled the project to be realised was probably the most controversial ever
signed by Britain. Yet the controversy as to many aspects of The Tunnel continues, and this book
reveals a wealth of authoritative information about them, some of which is reassuring, some of
which is deeply perturbing.