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Definition of Tunnels
1. tunnel [v] - See also: tunnel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunnels
Literary usage of Tunnels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"These consist of two parallel single-track, concrete-lined tunnels 5920 feet ...
Cross Town tunnels.— These extend easterly from the Terminal Station to ..."
2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"tunnels are usually classified in relation to the material in which ... Rock tunnels
may be driven by using either a heading or a drift, depending upon the ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1910)
"Some headings are complete tunnels in themselves; that is, conditions at times
warrant driving a heading the full diameter of the proposed tunnel. ..."
4. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1907)
"tunnels CONSTRUCTION tion of the undertaking and its difficulties; ... 75777 E + F.
The Construction of the Simplon Tunnel (Der Bau des Simplon tunnels). ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"The most important of these are 1% miles from the line of the tunnels, and they
were not the outlet of any subsurface watercourse or stream having any ..."
6. Municipal Franchises: A Description of the Terms and Conditions Upon which by Delos Franklin Wilcox (1911)
"A franchise for telephone and freight tunnels combined- Chicago.—By an ordinance
passed by the city council of Chicago, February 20, 189! ..."
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