The Channel Tunnel

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The Channel Tunnel
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The Dream The RealityPretty similar, wed say!
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Horse drawn carriages and a chimney for
ventilation
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Balloons fill the air and troops march through
the tunnel
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Opening of Stockton to Darlington railway. The
first line opened in 1825
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Major achievement. The Suez Canal.
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Bridges, as well as tunnels, were proposed.
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On land, shafts were dug to check the
chalk underground
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Gamonds plan envisioned an international city
port built on the Varne sand bank which was just
49 feet under water
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Work on the English site.Chimney
Ramp
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• Hopes and Fears of a Dream Tunnel
• Cartoon highlights paranoia.
• Punch Magazine February 25th 1882

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• This excellent book covers the subject of
  previously proposed tunnels
• The cover shows the British Lion running in fear
  from the tunnel.

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• Construction work on the tunnel

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How the tunnel links to Paris and other
destinations
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A car on a Eurostar train
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Inside the 1880s original Channel Tunnel Bore
under Abbots Cliff
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• Another picture
• of the 1800s tunnel

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Embarkation point
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A revitalised St Pancras Station will see
journey times to Paris cut by 20 minutes
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The Champagne Bar at St Pancras recalls the great
days of rail travel.