Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Preface
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE
- LIST OF PORTRAITS ON STEEL
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I DESCRIPTION OF THE ESTUARY OF THE SEVERN, AND THE COUNTRY IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE SEVERN TUNNEL
- CHAPTER II THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE UNDERTAKING
- CHAPTER III THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORKS UNDER THE CONTRACT
- CHAPTER IV THE FINAL STRUGGLE
- CHAPTER V Great snow-storm
- CHAPTER VI TUNNELLING
- CHAPTER VII A YEAR OF GOOD PROGRESS [1882]
- CHAPTER VIII FURTHER PROGRESS AND GREATER TROUBLES
- CHAPTER IX A WEEK OF TROUBLES
- CHAPTER X THE MEANS TAKEN TO DEAL WITH THE GREAT SPRING
- CHAPTER XI Side-heading driven to big spring
- CHAPTER XII THE MEN BY WHOM THE WORK WAS DONE
- APPENDIX
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Preface
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE
- LIST OF PORTRAITS ON STEEL
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I DESCRIPTION OF THE ESTUARY OF THE SEVERN, AND THE COUNTRY IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE SEVERN TUNNEL
- CHAPTER II THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE UNDERTAKING
- CHAPTER III THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORKS UNDER THE CONTRACT
- CHAPTER IV THE FINAL STRUGGLE
- CHAPTER V Great snow-storm
- CHAPTER VI TUNNELLING
- CHAPTER VII A YEAR OF GOOD PROGRESS [1882]
- CHAPTER VIII FURTHER PROGRESS AND GREATER TROUBLES
- CHAPTER IX A WEEK OF TROUBLES
- CHAPTER X THE MEANS TAKEN TO DEAL WITH THE GREAT SPRING
- CHAPTER XI Side-heading driven to big spring
- CHAPTER XII THE MEN BY WHOM THE WORK WAS DONE
- APPENDIX
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- The Severn TunnelIts Construction and Difficulties, 1872–1887, pp. xi - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013