{"title":"L’Année Scientifique et Industrielle","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"plans-profils-du-projet-de-tunnel-sous-marin-channel-tunnel-gamond-1858-map-p-7-028064","title":"Plans \u0026 profils du projet de tunnel sous-marin… Channel tunnel. Gamond 1858 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003ePlans et profils du projet de tunnel sous-marin entre l’Angleterre et la France. \/\/ Diagrame géologique du massif submergé entre l’Angleterre et la France. \/\/ Plan de l’Étoile de Varne. \/\/ Coupe de l’Étoile de Varne. \/\/ Carte d’étude pour servir au projet du tunnel sous-marin entre la France et l’Angleterre avec embranchements sur Douvres l’Abbesse, Calais et Boulogne … par M. A. Thomé de Gamond, tracé de Grinez à Eastware. \/\/ Vue panoramique du tunnel sous-marin prise de la ville de Marquise. \/\/ Coupe transversale du Tunnel. \/\/ Coupe verticale des treize îlots projetés dans le détroit pour le percement paritaire du tunnel. [Plans and profiles of the project for a submarine tunnel between England and France. \/\/ Geological diagram of the submerged mass between England and France. \/\/ Plan of the Varne Star. \/\/ Section of the Varne Star. \/\/ Study map to serve the project of the submarine tunnel between France and England with branch lines to Dover the Abbey, Calais and Boulogne … by M. A. Thomé de Gamond, route from Calais to Eastware. \/\/ Panoramic view of the submarine tunnel taken from the town of Marquise. \/\/ Transverse section of the Tunnel. \/\/ Vertical section of the thirteen proposed islets in the strait for the alternating (French–English) excavation of the tunnel.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn elaborate mid-19th-century presentation sheet illustrating French engineer Thomé de Gamond’s pioneering proposals for a submarine Channel tunnel beneath the Dover Strait. The map combines geological sections, seabed profiles, engineering diagrams, and panoramic views, including detailed plans and cross-sections of the proposed “Étoile de Varne,” a mid-Channel ventilation and railway station to be built on the Varne sandbank, together with a series of thirteen artificial îlots along the route, presumably constructed from excavations. It also includes a geological diagram of the submerged chalk ridge between Dover and Calais, a study map of the proposed alignments with branches to Dover, Calais and Boulogne, and a panoramic perspective taken from Marquise. Aimé Thomé de Gamond (1807–1876), the French engineer and geologist widely regarded as the father of the Channel Tunnel, spent over thirty years developing the first properly grounded proposals for a fixed link between Britain and France. His detailed geological surveys, underwater inspections, and numerous official submissions to both governments formed the earliest comprehensive technical foundation for the project eventually realised in 1994. This sheet is a fine and decorative example of his engineering advocacy, produced in 1855 at the height of his campaign to demonstrate the feasibility of the tunnel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51806421549403,"sku":"P-7-028064","price":560.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028064a.jpg?v=1764167420"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/fr\/collections\/l-annee-scientifique-et-industrielle.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}