Bibliograph

Tunnels, Sally Spray ; with artwork by Mark Ruffle

Type

Label

Tunnels, Sally Spray ; with artwork by Mark Ruffle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tunnels

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sally Spray ; with artwork by Mark Ruffle

Summary

"Tunnels link people and places through the trickiest terrains all over the world. But how do we build them and prevent them from collapsing? Tunnels presents landmark underground and undersea structures through beautiful artwork, with diagrams, photos and explanations that make the awesome feats of engineering easy to understand."--Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Can you dig it? -- Thames Tunnel -- New York city subway -- Holland Tunnel -- Seikan Tunnel -- Channel Tunnel -- Drogden Tunnel -- Laerdal Tunnel -- Boston Big Dig -- SMART Tunnel -- Large Hadron collider -- Gotthard Base Tunnel -- Fascinating fact

Target audience

primary

Classification