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Bridie wrote:By the way, why can't they build a tunnel, structurally, between N I and Scotland?
Grahame wrote:Bridie wrote:By the way, why can't they build a tunnel, structurally, between N I and Scotland?
There's a huge deep trench halfway across that was used as a dumping ground for old munitions during the war. Can't remember what it's called, but I was on the boat laying a fibre-optic communications cable between NI and Scotland for Mercury Communications (remember them?), which came ashore at Ardrossan, and remember the technical manager saying how problematic the trench had been for them, as they had to be careful where they laid the cable across it.
Oldandbold wrote:The tunnel is constructed of curved cast iron sections, clearly seen in Mori's picture. These were cast at the Carron Iron Works at Falkirk. Transported to the cutting, and bolted together end to end to form the large ring section,then side to side to form the tunnel.
peter wrote:Oldandbold wrote:The tunnel is constructed of curved cast iron sections, clearly seen in Mori's picture. These were cast at the Carron Iron Works at Falkirk. Transported to the cutting, and bolted together end to end to form the large ring section,then side to side to form the tunnel.
Are you sure about that. When I was an apprentice in H&W Clyde Foundry i was working in the Pattern Shop. There they made the wooden patterns and these were cast in the Clyde Foundry.
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