How Did They Build The Underwater Tunnel From England To France? | Super Structures | Progress

The Channel Tunnel paints a vivid and exciting portrait of human ingenuity and the unflagging nature of mankind's pioneering spirit. Join the 1,300 workers and a giant tunnel boring machine in their 6-year effort to complete an almost unimaginable technological feat - the 35-mile Channel Tunnel.

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[jesuslaron]

Wow what a beautiful and superb man made tunnel. Congrats to the two countries who combined their knowledge and effort. Mabuhay!!!!

[jojolafrite]

I remember travelling in it soon after it was done. I was a kid and didn't know how crazy it really was, but it was still definitely special.

[sheikhabrahim]

Euro Tunnel is definitely one of the wonders of the modern world. Kudos to the men and women who worked on the project. Special salute to the 12 lives that were claimed here. I hope to one day travel in this engineering creation.

[GWAYGWAY]

I was a survey assistant on the original undersea survey to find the Gault layers using boreholes, I was 15 and I am now 74 so it was a long time ago. Our boring details gave the direction up and down like a roller coaster. The boring machines followed the levels we gave them.

[richardbailey]

A simply unbelievable achievement. Credit to the men and women who built it and RIP to the poor souls who gave everything.

[surensalgado]

Amazing achievement. Great EURO TUNNEL.

[ifeanyindukuba]

Now many people just board the trains without knowing the sacrifice of the people who built them. Kudos to them who built them and rip to those who lost their lives because of it.

[chuckprahl]

I machined a set of cutter heads for this and the Big Dig in Canada since Robbins isn't far from where I used to work. It's nice to see what I worked on for months in use!

[christopherdale]

Brilliant Documentary i remember when I lived in England in 1985 this was a big deal to return 10 years later from Australia to see it had been built saw simply amazing.

[sagebiddi]

It's so awesome to hear the iconic Mark Hammel aka Luke Skywalker aka the Joker just nonchalantly narrating such informative documentaries

[jackwatsonepic]

You must admit when the two tunnels came together and the Englishman shook hands with the French man a bit of pride came

[rosesforever]

Really fulljoyed watching such great historic moments to the end.... God is good everlasting for giving mankind the knowledge to achieved such an acomplisment.

[chrismac]

They used Brunells tunnel boring machine, and geometric theodolite to get them to meet. The tunnel boring machine is what was used to dig train tunnels over 150 years ago. Brunell was amazing.

[felixyongco]

An Engineering marvel. What a beautiful accomplishment .

Thank you for the share . Nice

[rosemarygriffin]

I have been through the tunnel many times, on a coach which drives on to a double decker train. Going through the tunnel is the strangest experience. It's like your taking of in a plane, and at the same time, the motion of the train, makes you feel like your on a boat. It's a most weird thing ever.

[Reverendclementegbekai]

Amen & Amen: When I first heard of this technological feat some time ago in a news flash, I saw it as a miracle but today I know this scientific masterpiece is truly the handwork of God🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️♥️

[ahaiban]

Brave brothers & sisters always sacrifice themselves to let the rest of us enjoy!!!.

[kumarweerasingha]

A Greatest job, thanks the people who helped the job done.

[rajumatthews]

Marvelous Engineering! May God Bless humanity with more awesome undertakings 🙏

[joechauhan]

Super construction by European engineers. Super. How beautiful it is. In 1991. Very nice