Breakthrough: Tunnelling the Channel
by Wilson, Derek
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0712639845
- ISBN 13
- 9780712639842
- Seller
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Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Century, 1991. Fifth Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. Published to celebrate the breakthrough of the service tunnel under the Channel, this is the complete story of this mamoth engineering project. Tells you everything you've ever wanted to know about how the Channel Tunnel was designed and built, including the histroy of this (and earlier) projects; the problems encountered; the men and machines that built the Tunnel; the terminals; the environment; and the future of the system in the 21st Century. A fascinating read for civil engineering students or simply anyone wishing to know more about this amazing achievement. Contains 144 pages, 27 x 24cm, and illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photos, plus plans and special graphics. Pictorial card covers in very good condition. Internally, Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new inside.
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- Bookseller
- William Robertson (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01935
- Title
- Breakthrough: Tunnelling the Channel
- Author
- Wilson, Derek
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0712639845
- ISBN 13
- 9780712639842
- Publisher
- Century
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Channel Tunnel, Tunnelling, Civil Engineering, Construction, Trans Mouche, Transport, Eurostar
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY/Social History;
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Lancaster, Lancashire
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