Tunnels

Examples

• The method of construction used in the Hudson River tunnels has been designated the shield method. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We had plenty of chilly tunnels wherein to check our perspiration, though. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• If a waterfall is convenient, air is compressed by the body of descending water, and used to ventilate tunnels, and deep shafts and mines, or drive the drills or other tools. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• If I remember rightly, we passed high above wagon roads or through tunnels under them, but never crossed them on their own level. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Story of the Tunnels Under the Hudson River[58] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The making of roads, railroads, canals and tunnels has called forth thousands of ingenious mechanisms for their accomplishment. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Beginning life as a stone mason, he rose by his own industry to be a master among architects and a prince among builders of iron bridges, aqueducts, canals, tunnels, harbours and docks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Among successful tunnels of this kind may be named the Mersey and Severn tunnels in England, opened in 1886, and the St. Clair tunnel between the United States and Canada. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The Hoosac and Mont Cenis tunnels greatly stimulated invention in this field, and among the notable drills of this class may be named the Burleigh, Ingersoll, and Sergeant. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Tunnels through mountain walls, and wells through solid quartz are cut to the depth of thousands of feet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Now, Watson, said Holmes, as a tall dog-cart dashed up through the gloom, throwing out two golden tunnels of yellow light from its side lanterns. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Physicians maintained that travel through tunnels would be most prejudicial to health. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The building of the Hudson River tunnels was probably one of the most daring engineering feats ever accomplished. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The histories of the abandoned Detroit and Hudson river tunnels are object lessons of the difficulties encountered in this class of work. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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