Floating Tunnel

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

473

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: An imaginative prize-winning design project for a road-rail link across the Straits of Messina between Italy and Sicily. Concrete tubes buoyant enough not to sink completely span the straits below the surface of the water, held in position by cables anchored to the sea-bottom.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Railways; Transport; Science and technology; Road transport; Engineering; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/74

Credits:

Presenter: Bill Costello
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Marion Foster
Presenter: Paddy Feeny

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