Report From The Joint Select Committee Of The House Of Lords And The House Of Commons On The Channel Tunnel;.
Report in original blue paper wrappers with repair to lower corner and index in original white paper wrappers. A very good copy.
£600.00
Publisher
London: Henry Hansard and Son.,
Date
1883
Synopsis
Together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix. in addition index to the report... on the channel tunnel.
Item Description
Report: Folio. xlv + 574 pp. + 1 large folding plate showing plan and sections through Mr. Fowler's proposed Train Ferry Boat. Index: Folio. pp.575 to 695.
Notes
A full account of the proceedings in committee, which took place between the 24th April and the 21st June 1883. Among those giving evidence were Sir Edward Watkin, Chairman of the South Eastern Railway, James Staats Forbes, Chairman of the London Chatham and Dover Railway; the civil engineers involved with the proposed schemes, Frederick Bramwell, consulting engineer, a Vice-President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and John Hawkshaw, the Engineer of the Channel Tunnel Company, representatives of the Railway Inspectorate and Col. F.E.B. Beaumont, inventor of a tunnel-boring machine and deviser of a system of compressed-air powered locomotives for hauling trains through the tunnel. Also contains numerous tables describing the traffic between the channel ports and France.
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