A HISTORY OF TUNNELS

IN THIS BOOK, THE MAIN EXCAVATING METHODS USED THROUGH HISTORY ARE DESCRIBED, AND DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF VARIOUS TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS, SUCH AS THE FIRST TUNNELLING SHIELD, THE COMPRESSED AIR DRILL, AND TODAY'S FULLY MECHANIZED TUNNELLING MACHINES. THE INFORMATION IS ORGANIZED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER HEADINGS:-TUNNELLING: THE BASIC OPERATIONS; TUNNELS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD; THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN TUNNELLING; THE BRUNELS: FATHER AND SON; EARLY RAILWAY TUNNELS; SOME BRUNEL RAILWAY TUNNELS; TUNNELS OF THE FRENCH AND THE AMERICANS; NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND THE ST. GOTTHARD TUNNEL; THE SEVERN TUNNEL: SUB-AQUEOUS TUNNELLING; TUNNELLING AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY TUNNELLING ACROSS THE WORLD; CHANGING AND UNCHANGING ASPECTS OF TUNNELLING; SOME MAJOR TWENTIETH-CENTURY TUNNELLING ACHIEVEMENTS; THE CHANNEL TUNNEL: PROPOSALS AND PLANS; THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF TUNNELLING. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Peter Davies Ltd /UK

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• Authors:
  • Beaver, P
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 166 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; History; Machinery; Tunnels
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; History;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215774
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Textbook
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 11 1973 12:00AM