File:Channel Tunnel 1856 idea from Gamond 1a.png

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Description	Thomé de Gamond's plan for a Channel tunnel, with a harbour mid-Channel on the Varne sandbank.
Date	1856
Source	A scan of an old drawing, from Thomas Whiteside: The Tunnel under the Channel, page 16ish
Author	This file is lacking author information.

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