Work project to connect the ports of Calais and Dover, through the English Channel.

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Europe. Work project to connect the ports of Calais (France) and Dover (England), through the English Channel. Engraving depicting the longitudinal section of the underwater tunnel. Visionary project of the French engineer Aimé Thomé 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 Espanola y Americana. January 30, 1876.

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