ENGLISH CHANNEL TUNNEL
FLOATING TUBES SUGGESTED. (Eeo. April 4, 5.5 p.m.) Vienna, April 2. •' Engineer Jnnesch, addressing the Insti. tute of Engineers, suggested . a floating tunnel across .the English Channel, consisting of ferro-concretc tubes n few yards below the surface, where the currents are slight, the tube l ; to be. held secure by wire cables to the bottom. The tunnel could h» constructed in n year. <>t a cost, of rCfI.OOO.OOO. i Such a work would have considerable Advantages over anuunderr r ground tunnel, wliicb -jronld be a more difficult and costly enterprise. Similar tunnels would be suitable for 'the, Straits of Dardanelles and Gibraltar—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 162, 5 April 1920, Page 5
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107ENGLISH CHANNEL TUNNEL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 162, 5 April 1920, Page 5
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