1959 The Channel Tunnel, w/ Fold-Out Maps and Engineering Diagrams

Description: The Channel Tunnel: Design and Construction of a Channel Tunnel as Recommended by Three Engineer-Constructors: Bechtel Corporation, Brown & Root, Inc., Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., 1959, 30pp, 8.5 x 11", 8vo Fair condition. Minor wear to front and rear boards. Spine in good condition and legible. Sticker on front board possibly for cataloging purposes. Front and rear pastedowns and flyleafs printed decorated with colored map and diagram of the Channel Tunnel. Instances of finger-staining scattered throughout textblock. Binding intact. Includes multiple fold-out maps and diagrams. Please see photos. From the introduction: "Current developments in the Western European economy, particularly the trend toward economic integration, are pointing toward new traffic patterns to deal with the increasing travel and trade. The completion of a new, fast and economic transportation system between the United Kingdom and the Continent would seem to be an immediately and urgently needed part of the newly developing overall pattern. A Channel tunnel is, therefore, in harmony with the current economic scene, and now is the time to provide it. Early this year it was agreed between Technical Studies, Inc., the American member of the Channel Tunnel Study Group, acting in behalf of that group, and Bechtel Corporation, Brown & Root, Inc., and Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., that our three companies would make a study of the Channel Tunnel project and report our findings. This report on The Channel Tunnel presents our combined considered judgement concerning the design, construction, cost and schedule for completion of the tunnel project best suited to handle the traffic indicated to be available." FORN-MSB-0324-TUB0015-JC351

Price: 250 USD

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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