A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!
by Harry Harrison · first published 1991
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It's fiction, but still a fun read: Harry Harrison's A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! In Which Our Hero, A Descendent of the Traitorous George Washington, Builds a Railway Under The Sea, Wherein Passengers Travel To The Court of Her Britannic Majesty In Atomic Powered Comfort. http://www.amazon.com/Transatlantic-Tunnel-Hurrah-Harry-Harr...
on “Atlantropa” ↗I'd like to put in a word for "A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!" a superb piece of speculative fiction and possibly the first Steampunk novel. (also more boringly called "Tunnel Through the Deeps") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_Through_the_Deeps
on “R.I.P. Harry Harrison, creator of the Stainless Steel Rat” ↗As told by Harry Harrison: A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/harry-harrison/tunnel-th...
on “The Largest Infrastructure Project in History: Chinese High-Speed Rail to Europe” ↗The book title A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! has stuck to my memory. It's a 1972 SF (alternate history branch) novel by Harry Harrison, featuring a vacuum/maglev system. More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_tunnel, including reference…
on “New York to London in an hour - by train” ↗Shades of Harry Harrison's A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! (aka Tunnel Through the Deeps)
on “A quick note on airships (2020)” ↗Harry Harrison covered this idea in “A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!” [1], which only had to compete with coal powered flying boats and nuclear trains. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_Through_the_Deeps
on “Airbus and Boeing are exploring the viability of electric planes” ↗