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Product Description
Packed with memorable characters, accounts of precarious financial wheeling-and-dealing, and a wealth of beautiful illustrations and photos, this book recounts the epic story of the building of the Channel Tunnel, the Chunnel, and the astonishing feats of engineering that finally linked England and France. 60 photos. Line drawings.
Amazon.com Review
The construction of the tunnel running below the English Channel--popularly known as the Chunnel--may be one of the most remarkable examples of human engineering on the planet, a 1990s version of the Panama Canal, or a transcontinental railroad beneath the waves. The idea of a tunnel connecting England and France had been around for many generations before the technological know-how and monetary muscle combined to make the project possible in the late 20th century. Drew Fetherston, an experienced business reporter, tells the story of the Chunnel's incredible construction and disastrous financing. The political and economic struggle to build are fascinating, and readers who fondly remember playing with Tonka trucks will enjoy the pictures of the massive tunnel boring machines that did much of the hard work.
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