Sujet

Work project to connect the ports of Calais (France) and Dover (England), through the English Channel

Légende

Europe. Work project to connect the ports of Calais (France) and Dover (England), through the English Channel. Engraving depicting the underwater tunnel with station at the rocks of Barne. Visionary project of the French engineer Aime Thome de Gamond (1807-1876) that believed of the viability to build a tunnel of the Channel under the Strait of Dover. Engraving by Burgun. La Ilustracion Española y Americana. January 30, 1876.

Date

12 juin 2018

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG20B25_275

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

37,0Mo (6,8Mo) / 40,0cm x 23,2cm / 4724 x 2740 (300dpi)

Mots clés

work project 19th century Aime Thome de Gamond Atlantic Ocean Barne Burgun Calais Contemporary era Dover England English Channel Europe France French Industrial Revolution La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana La Ilustracion Española y Americana Manche North Sea Thome Thome de Gamond access channel coast coastline communication routes contemporary engineer engineering engineering work engraving entrance european geography history layout navigation railway railway line railway road railway station rock rocks sea sea level station steam steam locomotive strait subterranean technology train transportation tunnel underwater visionary visionary thinking work project