The Tunnel Under the Channel (Registro nro. 107507)
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| LC control number | 62009744 |
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | HE |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Whiteside, Thomas, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1918-1997 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Tunnel Under the Channel |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2021-11-07 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Brian Wilsden, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Tunnel Under the Channel" by Thomas Whiteside is a historical account written in the early 1960s. The book explores the long and tumultuous history of various proposals to construct a tunnel beneath the English Channel, connecting England and France. It details the technical challenges, political resistance, and social implications of this monumental engineering ambition, examining how perceptions of national identity and security played a crucial role in the project's ongoing debate. The opening of the book introduces the daunting physical and psychological barriers posed by the English Channel, outlining the various engineering proposals and societal sentiments regarding a potential tunnel. Whiteside begins by dissecting the geographic characteristics of the Channel, emphasizing its shallow depths and treacherous seas, which have led to a strong desire among travelers to seek a dry land crossing. As he recounts past proposals and intentions from visionary figures over the last century, it becomes clear that not only the engineering but also national pride and identity are intricately tied to the idea of tunneling under the Channel, revealing a complex interplay between innovation and tradition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Tunnels -- English Channel |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66685">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66685</a> |
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