A COLLECTION COMPRISING FIVE PAMPHLETS RELATING TO PROPOSED CHANNEL SCHEME OF 1906-07.

CHANNEL TUNNEL. PROPOSED SCHEME OF 1906-07.

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8vo, 4to and folio pamphlets, or single sheets. 1. Illustrated by a plan and two diagrams; 2. Illustrated by two coloured maps of English and French coasts. 1. Bound in blue paper wrappers, with library stamps; 2. Bound in buff paper wrappers. 1906 report in fine condition. 2 and 3 have slight wear to extremities and 4. has small tears along one edge of fold; otherwise all in fine condition. 1, 2 and 3 have ink inscriptions, Bruton Haywood and date. 1. The Channel Tunnel: Its Commercial Advantages. The Joint Parliamentary Committee. Opinions of Experts (May 1906) 2. The Channel Tunnel. By a Military Railway Expert (March 1907, 6 pp.). 3. The Channel Tunnel. (Reprinted by permission from 'The Westminster Review' of February, 1907), by Thomas Barclay, 4 pp. 4. The Channel Tunnel. A few notable opinions in support. ([1907], [4] leaves, folded, stapled, foolscap). 5. The Channel Tunnel. Its chimerical dangers. By Major-General Sir Alfred E. Turner, K.C.B., Late Inspector-General of Auxiliary Forces. ([n.d.] but c.1907, [1] leaf, folded proof sheet). A collection of pamphlets compiled at the time of a resolution in favour of the Channel Tunnel scheme to be submitted to the House of Commons, 1906-07. The 1906 report (1) includes a summary of the evidence offered by commercial witnesses before the Joint Parliamentary Committee of 1883. It adds statistics of passengers passing through the ports of Calais and Boulogne from 1850 and imports and exports through Calais, 1904-05. To inspire supporters of the scheme it even reproduces a rail map of London to New York via Siberia, a Bering Strait tunnel and Alaska! The March 1907 pamphlet (2) has two coloured maps, showing the locations of the proposed stations at Maxton, near Dover and at Wissant. In general there is a strong emphasis on the commercial advantages of the scheme and a reasoned refutation of the military fears of a sudden French invasion. General Turner points out that it would take twelve to twenty days for a French army corps to disembark in Dover using the Tunnel, which could be easily closed by portcullises, flooding and the switching off of the power supply. KENT CHANNEL TUNNEL KENT CHANNEL TUNNEL 20TH CENTURY KENT. Seller Inventory # 20781

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Title: A COLLECTION COMPRISING FIVE PAMPHLETS ...

Publisher: [s.l.]: [n.p.]; [s.l.]: [n.p.]; [s.l.]: [n.p.]; [s.l.]: [n.p.];[s.l.]: [n.p.]. 1906-07

Publication Date: 1906