Web Directory

» A General Report Upon the Initiation and Construction of the Tunnel Under the East River, New York
   Facsimile of the 1894 book by Charles M. Jacobs.
   http://www.tmk.com/books/eastriver/index.shtml

» Bridge and Tunnel Centres
   Full text of this 1875 book by John B. McMaster.
   http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJS2234

» Chicago Tunnel Company
   Illustrated history of the freight tunnels below the streets of downtown Chicago. Opened in 1906.
   http://users.ameritech.net/chicagotunnel/tunnel1.html

» Hooac Tunnel Collection
   Details of the documents collection held by the North Adams Public Library. Includes historical notes on the construction.
   http://www.naplibrary.com/HTHistoricNotes.html

» Hoosac Tunnel
   Completed in 1875, the first tunnel in the US to use compressed air for drilling. Includes specifications, contemporary articles, and photographs.
   http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/htpage.Html

» How the Swiss Built the Greatest Tunnel in the World
   Short contemporary commentary by Francis Fox about the construction of the Simplon tunnel through the Alps completed in 1905.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1905simplon.html

» Illustrations of Incidents in Tunnel Construction
   Facsimile of the illustrated 1909 souvenir program to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the joining of New York with New Jersey via the Hudson Tubes.
   http://www.tmk.com/books/hmdinner/

» London Transport History - Tunnelling
   Illustrated commentary on tunnelling methods used in the 19th century.
   http://www.ltmcollection.org/museum/gallery/gallery_sub.html?IXgallery=CGP.050.022

» Railway Tunnels Under the Hudson River
   Illustrated article from the Scientific American published in 1891. Discusses the resumption of construction works.
   http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/tuhud1.Html

» Report of the Superintendent of the Sutro Tunnel Company
   Full text of this document providing detailed reports from the heads of department for the year ending 1873.
   http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEL2139

» St. Clair Tunnel Company
   Opened in 1891, running under the St. Clair River, which joins Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair. Includes short history, photographs, and references.
   http://www.trainweb.org/elso/stclair.htm

» Standedge Tunnel
   Construction history, restoration details and photo gallery of the longest, highest and deepest canal tunnel in Britain. First opened in 1811.
   http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/huddersfield/standedge1.htm

» Sutro Tunnel
   Facsimile of the 1872 report of the commissioners and evidence taken by the committee on mines and mining of the House of representatives.
   http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEL2141

» Sutro Tunnel Company Collection
   A guide to the papers collection held by the University of Nevada.
   http://www.library.unr.edu/specoll/mss/nc7.html

» The Astoria Tunnel Under the East River for Gas Distribution in New York City
   Text of this article by John Vipond Davies printed in the 1916 volume of the American Society of Civil Engineers Transactions.
   http://www.tmk.com/books/asce-astoria/

» The Hoosac Tunnel
   Comprehensive range of commentary, data, history and construction images.
   http://hoosac.franklinsites.com/index.php

» The Mount Cenis Railway and Tunnel
   Facsimile of illustrated article from Harpers magazine dated July 1871. Describes the operations of the first machine drill for tunnelling construction.
   http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/mrcenis.Html

» The Severn Railway Tunnel
   Extensive ten chapter history of the construction. Topics include highs and lows, tunnelling methods, and a collapse in the tunnel. Opened in 1886.
   http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/severn1.htm

» The Sutro Tunnel
   Description of the tunnel on Nevada's Comstock Lode, taken from Sam P. Davis' 1912 History of Nevada.
   http://www.nevadaobserver.com/The%20Sutro%20Tunnel%20(1912).htm

» The Tunnel of Eupalinos
   Extensive illustrated article by Dan Hughes, with appendix by Hans J. Keller. Based on visits to the tunnel in 2000 and 2001.
   http://homepages.cwi.nl/~aeb/math/samos/

» The Tunnel of Samos
   Illustrated scholarly essay which discusses the theories about the methods of construction of this ancient water tunnel built in the sixth century B.C.. By Tom M. Apostol.
   http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/EandS/articles/LXVII1/samos.html

» Tunneling Under the Hudson River
   Facsimile of the 1885 illustrated book by S. D. V. Burr.
   http://www.tmk.com/books/tunnel/index.shtml

» Tunnelling Against Time
   Illustrated essay on the construction history of the Cascade mountains tunnel completed in 1929.
   http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r004.html

» Tunnels Timeline
   Details significant construction events from 500 BC to 2000 AD. Provided by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
   http://www.asce.org/history/tl_tunnels.html