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title: HISTORY OF TUNNEL UNDER THE CHANNEL CHANNEL - GAMOND

subject date: 2020-03-23

caption: SUBMARINE TUNNEL A bird's eye view of the entrance to the tunnel that was supposed to join the two banks of the English Channel, according to the project presented to Napoleon III in 1856 by the French engineer Aimé Thomé de Gamond (November 1, 1807 - February 2, 1876 ); the important work intended to create a railway connection between the United Kingdom and France, providing for the construction of a large artificial island as an intermediate station, accessible by elevators, which due to its location could have benefited from the tax exemption of commercial traffic as a port international. Print from popular publication, Italy 1918

category: HIS

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country: Italia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

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file date: 2020-03-05 18:00:05

object name: 75095

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continent: Europa

image century : XX

image epoch: Anni Dieci

subject century: XIX

subject epoch: Ottocento

technique: Pagina tipografica illustrata

id: 43368

file name: FSNgilardi_75095.jpg

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AiméThoméde GamondTen YearscommunicationFrancegalleryGreat Britaincivil EngineeringRailway engineeringEnglandSleeveNineteenth centuryFreeportUnited KingdomSecond EmpireThoméde Gamond A.transporttunnelUKUnited Kingdomfree economic zoneextra-customs areafree zonerailroadtrainItalyKingdom of ItalyAim