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	Chicago Tunnel Company - http://users.ameritech.net/chicagotunnel/tunnel1.html Illustrated history of the freight tunnels below the streets of downtown Chicago. Opened in 1906.
	The Tunnel of Samos - http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/EandS/articles/LXVII1/samos.html 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.
	The Tunnel of Eupalinos - http://homepages.cwi.nl/~aeb/math/samos/ Extensive illustrated article by Dan Hughes, with appendix by Hans J. Keller. Based on visits to the tunnel in 2000 and 2001.
	Standedge Tunnel - http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/huddersfield/standedge1.htm Construction history, restoration details and photo gallery of the longest, highest and deepest canal tunnel in Britain. First opened in 1811.
	How the Swiss Built the Greatest Tunnel in the World - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1905simplon.html Short contemporary commentary by Francis Fox about the construction of the Simplon tunnel through the Alps completed in 1905.

	Tunnelling Against Time - http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r004.html Illustrated essay on the construction history of the Cascade mountains tunnel completed in 1929.
	Tunneling Under the Hudson River - http://www.tmk.com/books/tunnel/index.shtml Facsimile of the 1885 illustrated book by S. D. V. Burr.
	Tunnels Timeline - http://www.asce.org/history/tl_tunnels.html Details significant construction events from 500 BC to 2000 AD. Provided by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
	Sutro Tunnel Company Collection - http://www.library.unr.edu/specoll/mss/nc7.html A guide to the papers collection held by the University of Nevada.
	Hooac Tunnel Collection - http://www.naplibrary.com/HTHistoricNotes.html Details of the documents collection held by the North Adams Public Library. Includes historical notes on the construction.

	Hoosac Tunnel - http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/htpage.Html Completed in 1875, the first tunnel in the US to use compressed air for drilling. Includes specifications, contemporary articles, and photographs.
	The Mount Cenis Railway and Tunnel - http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/mrcenis.Html Facsimile of illustrated article from Harpers magazine dated July 1871. Describes the operations of the first machine drill for tunnelling construction.
	St. Clair Tunnel Company - http://www.trainweb.org/elso/stclair.htm Opened in 1891, running under the St. Clair River, which joins Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair. Includes short history, photographs, and references.
	A General Report Upon the Initiation and Construction of the Tunnel Under the East River, New York - http://www.tmk.com/books/eastriver/index.shtml Facsimile of the 1894 book by Charles M. Jacobs.
	Railway Tunnels Under the Hudson River - http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/tuhud1.Html Illustrated article from the Scientific American published in 1891. Discusses the resumption of construction works.

	London Transport History - Tunnelling - http://www.ltmcollection.org/museum/gallery/gallery_sub.html?IXgallery=CGP.050.022 Illustrated commentary on tunnelling methods used in the 19th century.
	The Severn Railway Tunnel - http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/severn1.htm Extensive ten chapter history of the construction. Topics include highs and lows, tunnelling methods, and a collapse in the tunnel. Opened in 1886.
	Illustrations of Incidents in Tunnel Construction - http://www.tmk.com/books/hmdinner/ 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.
	The Sutro Tunnel - http://www.nevadaobserver.com/The%20Sutro%20Tunnel%20(1912).htm Description of the tunnel on Nevada's Comstock Lode, taken from Sam P. Davis' 1912 History of Nevada.
	The Astoria Tunnel Under the East River for Gas Distribution in New York City - http://www.tmk.com/books/asce-astoria/ Text of this article by John Vipond Davies printed in the 1916 volume of the American Society of Civil Engineers Transactions.

	The Hoosac Tunnel - http://hoosac.franklinsites.com/index.php Comprehensive range of commentary, data, history and construction images.
	Sutro Tunnel - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AGM9155 Facsimile of the letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the commission to examine and report upon the Sutro Tunnel, in Nevada. January 9, 1872.
	Bridge and Tunnel Centres - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJS2234 Full text of this 1875 book by John B. McMaster.
	Report of the Superintendent of the Sutro Tunnel Company - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEL2139 Full text of this document providing detailed reports from the heads of department for the year ending 1873.
	Sutro Tunnel - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEL2141 Facsimile of the 1872 report of the commissioners and evidence taken by the committee on mines and mining of the House of representatives.

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