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A collection of pictures of the tunnel taken in 1995. Includes historical facts, physical characteristics, and quotes from the Bible and other historical sources. ...
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/1631/hez1.html
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- Bridge and Tunnel Centers
Full text of this 1875 book by John B. McMaster. ...
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJS2234
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- The Tunnel of Samos
One of the greatest engineering achievements of ancient times is a water tunnel, 1,036 meters 4,000 feet long, excavated through a mountain on the Greek island of Samos in the sixth century B.C. It was dug through solid limestone by two separate team ...
http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/EandS/articles/LXVII1/samos.html
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- The Sutro Tunnel
Description of the tunnel on Nevadas Comstock Lode, taken from Sam P. Davis 1912 History of Nevada. ...
http://www.nevadaobserver.com/The%20Sutro%20Tunnel%20(1912).htm
| | - Tunneling Under the Hudson River
This is a facsimile of the 1885 book Tunneling Under the Hudson River: Being a Description of the Obstacles Encountered, the Experience Gained, the Success Achieved, and the Plans Finally Adopted for Rapid and Economical Prosecution of the Work by S. ...
http://www.tmk.com/books/tunnel/index.shtml
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- Modern History Sourcebook
THE work went on steadily from both entrances, and consisted of one single line tunnel, with a parallel gallery for the second tunnel running alongside at a distance of about fiftyfive feet; cross passages every two hundred and seventeen yards were p ...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1905simplon.html
| | - The Seven Railway Tunnel
The River Severn, which has its humble beginnings at Blaenhafren, close to the Cardigan Bay coast, effectively ends at Gloucester where the river is only about 150 feet wide. Almost immediately, it opens into a tidal estuary of sand at low tide, whil ...
http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/severn1.htm
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- The Tunnel of Eupalions
Ive just had a small but splendid adventure, the recounting of which requires some background that will take up the beginning of this story. It all took place in the week 8 to 15 April 2000. Its written approximately as it happened, and things are re ...
http://homepages.cwi.nl/~aeb/math/samos/
| | - Standedge Tunnel Visitor Centre
The former canal warehouse opposite the towpath at Tunnel End has been converted into a Visitor Centre, with displays telling the story of the canal and the tunnel. There is also a film about the canal showing continuously. Admission to the Visitor C ...
http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/huddersfield/standedge1.htm
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