THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.
The Pas de Calais publishes the following particulars about the proposed submarine - tunnel- between England and France ;—The engineers who have been engaged in the work have not yet commenced the tunnel itself; all that they have done at present being to sink a shaft near Sangate, in Order to asccrtain the depth and currents- of water. When these preliminary periments are concluded, the work of making the'tunnel itself will begin. The shaft now being sunk has a diameter of about 9ft, and is to go to a depth of 260 ft. Work in the shaft has been suspended for the last three months, as the water comes in so rapidly that it has been necessary to construct a machine which will extract GOO gallons per minute, or double what the machine at first used could x’emovei The
jlraft has already been sunk to half the depth, and the work Will he before the end of the year. of the shaft are being lined with small oak 'planks, with a backing of concrete. The earth which has been Excavated is Of a White chalky nature, and very hard.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1007, 22 December 1879, Page 2
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191THE CHANNEL TUNNEL. Kumara Times, Issue 1007, 22 December 1879, Page 2
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