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November 1861: Chalmers' under Channel railway
Explore James Chalmers’ unique submerged tubular roadway channel crossing proposals
Nineteen years earlier, The Engineer reported on how a certain James Chalmers of Montreal had ‘patented the means whereby he proposes to open a railway communication under the channel.’ When compiling our archive pieces, it is common practise to investigate the career of the main protagonist, but Chalmers left little trace of himself to study. His passing warranted a small obituary in the January 1, 1869 edition of The Engineer, which noted that Chalmers left his widow and family in ‘very straightened circumstances’.
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