Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks - www.masterworks.art/theb1m
@TheNewSchmoo8 ай бұрын
Scamtastic oppurtunity to join the Ponzi scheme from hell.
@mcfishyfirst2538 ай бұрын
#NatureIsDead because humans murdered it for stuff like this like this replaces nature. This is a death machine of nature. This is what killed nature humans and we don’t give a crap that we’re doing it we only see oh events in human human kind.
@HexaSquirrel8 ай бұрын
Still peddling scamworks?
@baconmaster58928 ай бұрын
Scamworks
@captainpoptarts8 ай бұрын
Naw
@PracticalEngineeringChannel8 ай бұрын
Haha great video Fred!
@TheB1M8 ай бұрын
Haha! MONTHS we had this planned in for. Great minds eh...?
@PracticalEngineeringChannel8 ай бұрын
@@TheB1M lol same here. Exactly. The similarities are cracking me up. Really fun to see your take on it.
@franciscoandreatta58038 ай бұрын
This is so funny. I love both of your channels, both of your teaching ways. Shalom
@justin27728 ай бұрын
I watched both right away! I'm sure your channels have a lot of overlap. Great work both!
@vsznry8 ай бұрын
i concluded you have the same MGMT lol @@PracticalEngineeringChannel
@alexdavis57668 ай бұрын
My dad worked on this project. He speaks a lot about the social impact of the construction. So many works on shifts gave a boost to companies. Like nightclubs and bars that had longer licenses than was normal then, even 24 hour at times for people coming off night shifts to have a drink. Same for cafes and restaurants. Apparently Dover police bought dozens of new vans as they imagined they would be dealing with lots of anti social behaviour from suddenly having all these workers descending on the area, but they were never used. Dad was health and safety, so involved with a lot of this side of planning. I find it so fascinating.
@91djdj8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the nice story :)
@gammatt25138 ай бұрын
And then after dinner all of the tunnel workers tag-teamed your mum @@Trippenzoid
@AXELVISSERS8 ай бұрын
@@Trippenzoid No, you're life is boring.
@GeekyMedia8 ай бұрын
The channel tunnel is comfortably one the great construction projects accomplished. Two nations that were at odds for so long came together to create something for useful and meaningful. Brilliant 🇬🇧🇫🇷
@MrNotorius0078 ай бұрын
Don’t forget the concorde. Britain and France may be at odds most times but when they link up it’s legendary
@JD-wn3cc7 ай бұрын
The fact it was drilled from both ends and met perfectly is just mind boggling. I cant even fathom the skill that must have taken in terms of surveying and engineering
@mryan44526 ай бұрын
Just dig straight and you'll eventually meet at the same point in the middle 😉
@superspies326 ай бұрын
It's absolutely not! Multiple errors and conditions will make both side missed each other completely. At this length and size just 1 degree missed without any checks can make entire project a massive failure.
@JD-wn3cc6 ай бұрын
@@superspies32 that was my point
@superspies326 ай бұрын
I mean I reply to @myran4452
@mryan44526 ай бұрын
@@superspies32 just cut to the same degree and it'll be fine no worries don't cut using different degrees 😉
@Bryzerse8 ай бұрын
Always funny when two KZbinrs release videos on the exact same subject simultaneously.
@TheB1M8 ай бұрын
Great minds think alike! Grady is a legend.
@PlaaTable8 ай бұрын
@@TheB1M cut the crap bro
@zenthous95688 ай бұрын
Acting like you know shit lmao@@PlaaTable
@user-op8fg3ny3j8 ай бұрын
@@PlaaTable ?
@Bryzerse8 ай бұрын
@@TheB1M Absolutely!
@simonevans75598 ай бұрын
I worked on the tunnel at 21 years old my company at the time (Lee beesley) was terminating the fibre optic links from the uk to France. I worked 12 hour shifts 6 days 3 off then 6 nights a month at a time for a year... you had a few options of transport inside the tunnel which were the "man-riders" which used the service tunnel on a smaller gauge track or the main tracks but these were very sporadic. We had lifesavers issued on our entry to the tunnel which were a charcoal breathing device which always made me chuckle as they gave you about 45 mins of survivable filtered air but are useless if your 2 hours walk away from daylight😂 (still got mine) I had to walk out a few times as the trains were missed which was a wonderful uphill into wind (as the uk pumped the dirty air to france) mission with all your kit.
@ralfbrouwers55858 ай бұрын
Did you and @practical engineering do this video together or just happen to upload exactly the same subject 1 day apart😂
@TheLiamster8 ай бұрын
I was just about to comment this
@TheB1M8 ай бұрын
Great minds think alike! We had long-planned to release this today, honestly!
@JS-pb6gb8 ай бұрын
Maybe we live in a simulation
@kolrhcp8 ай бұрын
It's coming up on the 30 year anniversary of the tunnel opening, so it's a good time to make a video about it.
@ConstantChaos18 ай бұрын
Meanwhile about an hour ago I got the short abt the chunnel so I genuinely thought "you know what I kinda want to look up a video about the chunnel" and then I went to make some croutons plant a few seeds for an expirament and have a cig, then I get back on and he released it... what a wonderful use of time releases to build suspense (and by coming 2nd you get to ride off the increased topic interaction, being first nets you a better proportion of subs but 2nd gives better reach if that makes any sense) it might just be a me thing but I love to see anything done well even if it's just an upload schedule lol
@pauldarbishire72268 ай бұрын
I was 1 of 4 TBM operators on the Marine Service tunnel. I had the honour of excavating the 1st metre in French territory on the 12th of June 1990 and was also 8th through the breakthrough hole on the 1st December 1990. I had 40+ years in tunneling on 4 continents and 43 countries but the Channel is the 1 I am most proud of and I am so pleased that it is used by so many people and that it is profitable. There are several factual errors in this piece.
@holbroak8 ай бұрын
@pauldarbishire7226 Please, enlighten us!
@pauldarbishire72268 ай бұрын
@@holbroak Try Buddhism or Vipassana meditation. 🙏🙏🙏
@thomaspreudhomme94438 ай бұрын
What are the errors?
@CosmicTeapot7 ай бұрын
Man really just dropped his entire resume, threw shade at the video, refused to elaborate and left.
@pauldarbishire72267 ай бұрын
@@CosmicTeapot I take it you are an adult, do some research and find out. It wasn't my resume, it was a qualification.
@markleon4118 ай бұрын
I remember thinking at the time that this might be a hoax because there was very little mentioned in the media here in Australia about it. Then I couldn't believe this was such a non story - this was a huge thing. Such an amazing feat. It showed what was possible. All of these current tunnel projects owe a lot to these pioneers. Not the least feat was the political cooperation.
@RubenLightfoot7 ай бұрын
Great video but one small note - At its lowest point, it is 75 metres below the *sea bed* and 115 metres below *sea level*.
@gregvassilakos8 ай бұрын
Bravo! As with all such projects, there is endless whining about schedule slippages and cost overruns during the construction phase, but all that is forgotten once the project is completed and its value can be appreciated by the general public.
@jonevansauthor8 ай бұрын
Yup and this one made us an absolute fortune. I can't remember the exact figure but something like 40% or more of our freight to and form the continent goes through it and that's only because we were too cheap to build more tunnels.
@terryo56727 ай бұрын
The UK always moans about infrastructure because cost and schedule creep upwards. But the key is the benefits relative to cost and projects like this churn out ever increasing benefits for decades. HS2 would no doubt do the same but the focus is always on cost escalation. Problem we have in the UK is the cost of the planning phase made worse now with all the legal costs, net zero, biodiversity, social value requirements etc., once requirements are frozen, we can deliver to cost and schedule as well as anyone.
@ce18348 ай бұрын
A second crossing would be great imo - one of the most iconic engineering marvels - you get on a high speed train city centre to centre up to 300km/h on other sections, or drive your car onto a train!
@chrisgironde66698 ай бұрын
Where abouts do you think ? From SW U.K. eg Plymouth and over or purhaps Ramsgate to Ostend ?
@jonevansauthor8 ай бұрын
A fully high speed line purely for freight would be worth it. For passenger rail I'd like to see Wales to Ireland, Portsmouth to Isle of Wight, Cardiff to the Southwest and other locations like that including some major islands. Plus major cities like Birmingham need their own Underground.
@SeverityOne8 ай бұрын
@@jonevansauthor You don't need high speed for freight. But it would be a tall order getting such a link profitable. I'd hazard a guess that most freight trains run through the Chanel Tunnel at night, when there are no passenger trains. There is also the issue that rail transport in Britain lags behind the continent. Now, such a freight tunnel might increase rail freight in Britain; I couldn't say. However, it also needs to connect to the European rail network, presumably somewhere in France. The big rail freight corridors in that general area are from Antwerp and from Rotterdam towards Germany and central/eastern Europe. It's not a direct route, and those rail corridors are already quite full. Long story short, it would require an investment of tens of billions, to achieve... what, exactly? So ships can unload in Antwerp or Rotterdam, and then take the cargo by rail to Britain?
@JD-wn3cc7 ай бұрын
You do know that you drive your car onto the trains already to use this tunnel?
@DylanLandro8 ай бұрын
I'm so glad I had the chance to take the Eurostar. What a neat experience, It's so comfortable, faster security and best of all you end up in the Center of the city.
@Roulden8 ай бұрын
My uncle was a welder helping build the equipment. I believed he worked on the drills. He spoke highly of the whole project.
@fintan35638 ай бұрын
I took the chunnel from London to Paris and back one time about 25 years ago. It was a great experience!
@markputnam63718 ай бұрын
I remember this so well. Been through the tunnel so many times on the car train which is so easy, drive on/drive off and into Europe.
@TheRailwayDrone8 ай бұрын
I've been through this tunnel multiple times, in fact, I just took a trip to Amsterdam from London two weeks ago. It makes me sad we can't do anything like this in America (the new Frederick Douglass tunnel in Baltimore is supposed to take like 6 or 7 years to build and it's only about a mile long).
@thomask.60148 ай бұрын
please do not advertise for investing in art
@JD-wn3cc7 ай бұрын
Why not? Although I must admit, that's got to be the most upper-class sponsor I've ever seen in a video😂
@geesehoward7008 ай бұрын
i like the way the UK government didnt connect the HS1 directly onto the HS2 to make sure no one would use it and then just to make sure they ruined it they took some of the money from the project and allocated it for building roads.
@leonpaelinck8 ай бұрын
I dislike it!
@MLG_POTATO8 ай бұрын
@@leonpaelinckI think it was sarcasm
@geesehoward7008 ай бұрын
@@MLG_POTATOsorry, forgot the /s. whilst im sure the current government has done something right im just not sure what it is or what is could be.
@MLG_POTATO8 ай бұрын
@@geesehoward700 You like the fact they ruined it? 🤔
@geesehoward7008 ай бұрын
@@MLG_POTATOno
@Mr.Eternal9668 ай бұрын
Mate thanks for this video, i even learnt about some projects in my city (Melb Aus) that didn't even know they were under construction, as a fan of City Skylines and SimCity and project manager your content shaped my mind in very positive ways keep up the good work.
@beakz8 ай бұрын
Yay, two Channel Tunnel videos today! Practical Engineering and B1M :)
@B.D.F.8 ай бұрын
Anniversaries can do that. Happy 30th, Channel Tunnel!
@stevengalloway80528 ай бұрын
A remarkable engineering feat that is now taken for granted these days, with even more fantastic engineering tunnel projects having been built since then. Still, it's considered amazing to me... 😏
@andrewmaje8 ай бұрын
Thank you B1M for this
@brandodurham7 ай бұрын
Amazing! The span of brilliance and idiocy of humans is just incredible
@tylervideos80817 ай бұрын
Would’ve loved to see videos from the 90s showing everyone’s reaction to it opening! Still a great video though!
@bjw48597 ай бұрын
You'd have to admit, that has set the bar pretty high for any future tunnels, well done to all involved.
@DjM1k48 ай бұрын
Incredible what was done in only 6 years. I have the feeling today a project like this would need 15 years at least, 30 years if you are in Germany…😅
@sivanandkashyap58938 ай бұрын
When it comes to the combination of human imagination and construction the limits can go astronomical and yet still make so much sense! This is truly a marvel of engineering.
@pauldarbishire72268 ай бұрын
It was not a huge engineering feat but it was a triumph of logistical organisation.
@AAvfx7 ай бұрын
Wow, that's what I call an upload, worth watching in full. thanks
@shawnwlee8 ай бұрын
Love the historical video. So many amazing feats of modern engineering with great stories out there.
@nathanngumi84677 ай бұрын
A historic endeavour and achievement, a real triumph of humanity!
@benpollard4988 ай бұрын
hoping one day you get another sponsor that is not a messed up art 'investment' scheme
@ralphbow38 ай бұрын
I don't like the sneaky way ads are part of the main thing
@Pr3stag38 ай бұрын
I have noticed a lot of the videos you make that there is no clear distinction about when an advert starts I am pretty sure you're meant to inform your viewers when an advert starts. I think the way you integrate your advert for masterworks is extremely sneaky and misleading.
@bjorn_moren7 ай бұрын
Would have been interesting to see the layout of the driving lanes and rail tracks in the tunnels.
@EudaemoniusMarkII8 ай бұрын
Another commercial brought you by a 30 year old project and stitched together stock footage. Great job.
@BigBigBigJeff8 ай бұрын
B1M 🤝 Practical Engineering
@privatier68178 ай бұрын
UK is in Europe!
@direnius8 ай бұрын
Beautifully crafted mini-documentary as usual. Hats of! Are you also planning a similar video about the Marmaray Tunnel connecting Europe to Asia?
@paullangford81798 ай бұрын
The Seikan Tunnel between Honshu and Hokkaido exceeded the technical parameters of the Channel Tunnel: the underwater length for the channel is longer than that for the Seikan, but it was mostly tunnelled through the clay marl. The Seikan went through all kinds of rock, encompassing a greater length, and going 250 m below sea level.
@SuperSupermanX19998 ай бұрын
A truly incredible bit of engineering, which makes it all the more frustrating that we seemingly can't build a much simpler trainline between London, Birmingham and Manchester.
@ohasis83318 ай бұрын
Politics and funding.
@KINGVONFRM0638 ай бұрын
Nothing better than a b1m video in a snowy wednesday
@electro_sykes8 ай бұрын
I wish HS2 was designed to through run with HS1 and Eurostar.
@JD-wn3cc7 ай бұрын
Would never happen. HS 1 and 2 are southern railways, for southern people and will forever remain confined to the south of England. The thinking behind them is far too insular to consider a link to anywhere outside of that region
@electro_sykes7 ай бұрын
@@JD-wn3cc ah yes the eurostar was meant to connect the europe mainland to the UK, or more specifically, to London. everyone else, get fucked. classic
@JD-wn3cc7 ай бұрын
@@electro_sykes as long as London and the south east are OK then that's all that seems to matter
@TheCloakedTiger8 ай бұрын
Bucket list item for me is to travel through the “Chunnel” / Channel Tunnel. :)
@Richardincancale8 ай бұрын
The original trains were amazingly complicated as they had to support the 25kV AC overhead lines in France (at 16 MW output), the 3000 V DC system in Belgium (at 8 MW output) and the 750 V DC third rail system in the UK where they were limited to less than 4 MW. As the trains were very long and heavy the power to weight ratio was very poor on the UK network and I well recall the local commuter trains overtaking it on the way in to Waterloo. The later high speed link to Saint Pancras luckily adopted the French 25 KV AC system.
@chrisoddy87448 ай бұрын
Well, it wasn't just French - BR had been using 25kV AC overhead as their standard mode of electrification since the 1960s. It's just South-East England had previously been electrified with the 750V DC third rail...
@technologyhobby8 ай бұрын
Legend has it that some of the TBM's were permanently buried at the end of their holes, uneconomical to remove them. I'm not sure why.
@JD-wn3cc7 ай бұрын
I heard the ones from a particular direction where drilled off to one side and embedded themselves into the rockbed whilst the ones from the other direction did the final breakthrough and then were dismantled
@benjaminnguyen5548 ай бұрын
masterworks is money laundering aint it
@Ze_Moose2 ай бұрын
Something smells fishy
@hamishpaterson24138 ай бұрын
Another brilliant docu from The B1M! 👏
@biglebowski34868 ай бұрын
Its a shame Brexit happened, this tunel is a prime example how european countries need to cooperate.
@kieran85648 ай бұрын
Brexit don't affect the tunel, plus france and britan aren't on good terms since they just let boats full of people cross the channel even though we pay them millions to stop them 😂
@nvll-xzi8 ай бұрын
yeah, it changed europe for ... a while. It's incredible engineering, but I can't believe the current clusterfuck wasn't mentioned.
@JD-wn3cc7 ай бұрын
Brexit is irrelevant to this and to be honest you're clutching at straws bringing it up. The video even mentioned how the tunnel is the busiest it's ever been and with record revenue. I swear remainers have it in their head that brexit voters wanted to fill this tunnel in and replace all maps just showing Britain and no existence of mainland europe. The tunnel has always made sense. A good relationship with France is also in both countries best interests. Stop thinking brexit is purely based on xenophobia against each individual european country
@johnturner44008 ай бұрын
So B1M and PracticalEngineeringChannel started work at opposite sides of the pond and met in the middle!
@therealnogues938 ай бұрын
Gotta say your segue to your sponsors is always pretty smooth 😊👊🏽
@NawDawgTheRazor8 ай бұрын
Was a privilege to go through this marvel last summer on my first trip to Europe.
@joshm69447 ай бұрын
that shot is sick 4:50
@Thepriest398 ай бұрын
My neighbor worked on the Chunnel. Hydraulics specialist for the TBM's. Robbins company south of Seattle. He said it was a long hard job. 14-16 hours days including getting to the job site. I haven't has the chance to go in the tunnel. I want to one day.
@kineticdeath8 ай бұрын
Practical Engineering and B1M covering the channel tunnel. Cant complain, who doesnt love railway stuff?
@DannyBoy4438 ай бұрын
Umm, I love this channel and this is pretty amazing. But, am I the only one who thought that the geographical water gap between these nations was small enough that 2 hours was already possible? Guess now.
@mundocuadro8 ай бұрын
It's about 1.5 to 2 hours on a ferry from Dover to Calais, plus the overland legs to London and Paris so about 7 hours in total. Now you can travel by Eurostar from London to Paris in 2 hours.
@isbestlizard8 ай бұрын
Wow. Remember when the UK could build something, on time, to the planned budget, without faults?
@isbestlizard8 ай бұрын
Probably because the French were helping.
@sdcraig8 ай бұрын
You clearly didn't watch the video
@TheLiamster8 ай бұрын
I’d love to see a rail or road connection between Scotland and England to Northern Ireland
@MLG_POTATO8 ай бұрын
Simon Whistler did a video on a bridge from Northern Ireland to Scotland a month or two back. I don't remember if he said it or it was from a professional but I think it was deemed too expensive and not worthwhile, part of the issue was after ww2 the UK dumped lots of unused ammunition and/or explosives in the sea . Itd be nice to see happen though when it does become feasible.
@JD-wn3cc7 ай бұрын
I'm sure it'll happen one day. Also, boris was really keen for it but it was at a time when it was cool to shoot down every single thing he said, so it never got out of the starting blocks in terms of support.
@joelhoeve8 ай бұрын
1:09 No clue who drew this map, but it's not remotely close to how the network looks like
@B.D.F.8 ай бұрын
Considering how many lines go over water I don’t think this map was drawn for accuracy.
@WakoJacKooo8 ай бұрын
More like this please b1m
@tomtho18 ай бұрын
Now just to follow through with the original plan and connect it to Stratford International as well.
@tonychan85588 ай бұрын
Am I the only person who is thinking, 'What are the other six wonders of the modern world?'
@mthokozisimyende7878 ай бұрын
I Love How the UK/English like distancing themselves from Europe as if they're not part of the SAME Continent 😂😂😂
@bennyceca8 ай бұрын
For the love of god, stop using dollars as the standard, neither the UK or France use or used the dollar!
@korakys8 ай бұрын
I hope you cover Rogfast tunnel soon, the world's deepest undersea tunnel.
@southcalder7 ай бұрын
The Channel Tunnel is up there with Concorde as one of the greatest achievements of the UK (along with France) in the 20th Century. I use it everytime I use surface routes to France, whether that be Eurostar or by car and never fail to be impressed.
@adamdudley1658 ай бұрын
This came up on my feed as I'm waiting in the train itself, crazy
@dewiz95968 ай бұрын
Practical Engineering’s Grady Hillhouse had an excellent video on the details just yesterday.
@charliebramley8 ай бұрын
we take engineering like this for granted. I forget it's the longest undersea tunnel
@ZakhadWOW8 ай бұрын
perhaps at the moment.. I know the tunnel between Honshu and Hokkaido will be longer.. assuming it is completed. Then you have the non-bored version (Immersed) of which Fehmarn Belt project will blow all others away. First elements being complted now, and the channel for placing them is bing dredged. It took 2-3 years just to get the worksite/harbor prepared.. and Ive been atching it on live cameras since the pandemic. Insane transformation of the coast
@paulekstorm-hughes18948 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, as was Practical Engineering's. What a lovely coincidence. One note, a pet peeve of mine at 4:44, that flag is upside down.... Surely there is stock footage of union flags the right way up?
@goutvols1038 ай бұрын
Question for anyone who worked on the Channel Tunnel - why were there some many boring machines (5 from France and 6 from UK) when there were only a total of three (3) lines? Thanks in advance.
@Gfynbcyiokbg87108 ай бұрын
Have you ever heard of google?
@MrStark-up6fi8 ай бұрын
To speed up construction. 2 TBMs per tunnel. Both would meet up at the center. The extra TBMs were used due to wear or damage
@mpaulm8 ай бұрын
The most practical tourist attraction in Europe.
@RR-bc6wy8 ай бұрын
The fact that they already have tunnel boring machines in the 80s is impressive
@BboyCorrosive8 ай бұрын
Well, not really, The moon landings were 25 years earlier....
@DynamicalisBlue8 ай бұрын
Uhhh. Did you ever think how the London Underground was dug?
@roger50598 ай бұрын
@@DynamicalisBlueold parts of the london underground were not drilled with a boring machine, but instead constructed using the cut-and-cover method, digging out trenches to build the tunnels in before filling up the rest of the trench with dirt again. The London Underground was also constructed long before the 1980s.
@jonevansauthor8 ай бұрын
@@DynamicalisBlue pickaxes, shovels. The first bit opened in 1863.
@mcspikesky8 ай бұрын
Is it really making a tunnel if you dig it out then cover it up after? You end up with a tunnel but it sure seems like cheating.
@triaxe-mmb8 ай бұрын
"it has made freight travel a breezy too. Moving goods from UK to Europe has never been easier".. Brexit: hold my beer - I need to make this more efficient!
@lewisc9558 ай бұрын
Lets be honest, we all used to think that you'd be able to see the fish swimming around outside the window.
@charliebramley8 ай бұрын
Imagine if they didn't meet in the middle :0
@nickashton35848 ай бұрын
went on it last year wonderful
@Rollermonkey18 ай бұрын
Dumb question: Why is the Chunnel so much more highly regarded than the Seikan Tunnel? Pretty sure Seikan is longer overall, deeper and was built first.
@agushll748 ай бұрын
I was 16 when both sides met. I remember it. It was in all the news worldwide.
@jeanjacques99808 ай бұрын
I think author/presenter should have stated clearly how many construction workers died on the British and French construction sites, rather than glibly making an extremely vague reference. The commentary suggests that no public investment was made into the project, and that all financing came from the private sector.
@someonesomebody99528 ай бұрын
4:26 Tangent aside, what 6 other structures that would be considered as wonders of the modern world? I felt like there are so many of them and to narrow it down to just 6 would be difficult.
@tachy18018 ай бұрын
I don't remember the exact list, but the delta works are part of it.
@ChevronQ8 ай бұрын
haha 4:42 shots fired 😌 great video! and so funny too you and practical engineering both had planned a video on the chunnel for months 😁
@skyscraperfan8 ай бұрын
30 years ago? I feel old. It feels like yesterday. Soon China might build the Bohai Strait Tunnel though and that one will be be much longer.
@ZakhadWOW8 ай бұрын
Now in terms of Wonders of the WOrld, where wil the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel project be evaluated?
@seangt8 ай бұрын
i cannot believe how sneakily you work in a masterworks sponsorship in every video it's WILD lmao
@cosminmorga13318 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video
@Samuel_J18 ай бұрын
Cool video, though what was the platform you mentioned at 7:15 used for?
@Gfynbcyiokbg87108 ай бұрын
Have you ever heard of this magical thing called google?
@MrJimheeren8 ай бұрын
The flooded tunnel was the Thames tunnel not the channel Tunnel
@JP_TaVeryMuch8 ай бұрын
Now that you've enjoyed this one and probably Practical Engineering, why not go for the hat trick and treat yourself to Ruairidh MacVeigh's treatise on just how ridiculously difficult it was to get through all the red tape? It's a wonder that there are any trains running through it today.
@MotokoTai8 ай бұрын
I spoke to an engineer who told me that when using the lasers, at times the curvature of the earth would come into play , I wish I could elaborate more but I'm no engineer
@justeunfan33648 ай бұрын
Basically, if you put a straight ruller on a ball, you'll figure out that a straight line will at some point stop following the curve. So if two guys from each side of the channel place a lazer perfectly parallel to the ground they stand on, the lazers will be way hight in the sky when the reach the other side. For the same reason you can't see Europe from the USA despite the water being "flat" on each local point between the two continent. If you consider one being at the top of the earth, the other is "bellow". This mean for the channel, they can't point point two lazers parallel to the ground and mesure/align them. They must either point them at an angle toward the ground, because in this spot they can still see each side for the other, or they must rely on others means for even larger projects ( I don't know which ones ). Its like running a straight tunnel under a curved hill. Also gravity fiels may be a concern as the weight of the earth may deviate the light of the lazer toward the earth but I don't know if its significant enought to cause problems in such projects.
@yeeehaar8 ай бұрын
It's an arguable statement. The Seikan Tunnel between Honshu and Hokkaido is the world's longest undersea tunnel by overall length. The Channel Tunnel is shorter, nut has a longer undersea segment.
@itwork68107 ай бұрын
I’ve been on it 3 times. Once to Paris using the passenger train. Was amazing. 2 other times I took my car to France. I always wished they had made it a road tunnel.
@Jason-gq8fo8 ай бұрын
And we fucked it all up with brexit lol. Sorry France
@davidstone4088 ай бұрын
Only one issue with your video - the “recent flooding” affected Eurostar services from London and was in a tunnel under the Thames not the channel tunnel which was operating its Eurotunnel services. Never been on Eurostar but have used all Eurotunnel methods (single deck, double deck and truck transporter)
@Trouttiger8 ай бұрын
Thank you for another masterpiece
@Azarakk8 ай бұрын
How have you not made a video on the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel?
@koohami8 ай бұрын
Always great
@ShastaTodd8 ай бұрын
Thanks to the power of hydrocarbon fuels which makes these kinds of projects possible!
@Gfynbcyiokbg87108 ай бұрын
Not really
@sbeve74458 ай бұрын
Correction: The Eurotunnel isn't the longest undersea tunnel in the world, it is the second longest. It is second to the Seikan Tunnel in Japan connecting Honshu and Hokkaido.
@michaelwoolrich8517 ай бұрын
It is, ie The Siekan Tunnel is the longest by overall length, but the Channel Tunnel has a longer undersea/water section