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Series
Ministry of Transport and Department of the Environment: Channel Tunnel Reports
Catalogue reference: MT 179
What's it about?
MT 179
The records consist of reports setting out the feasibility of constructing a crossing of the English Channel. They were created in response to renewed interest in 1960, by British, French and American companies in the construction of an English...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 179
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and Department of the Environment: Channel Tunnel Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records consist of reports setting out the feasibility of constructing a crossing of the English Channel. They were created in response to renewed interest in 1960, by British, French and American companies in the construction of an English Channel crossing. Various proposals were forwarded to the British and French governments who responded by setting up a working group to examine two schemes: twin single-track railway tunnels running under the English Channel; a road and bridge crossing running above the English Channel. Two reports were subsequently produced. Between 1972 and 1975 work on a bored tunnel was undertaken at Shakespeare Cliff, Dover but escalating construction costs resulted in the abandonment of the work. In March 1980 the Department of Transport invited further proposals and submissions for schemes relating to a Channel crossing. The reports are of a technical nature relating mainly to construction methods. Some reports are in French.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Originals held at (The organisation that holds the original record)
- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and French
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 119 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran from 1961 to 1980
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The files were selected on the basis they reflected the interaction of the state with its citizens and its impact on the environment (Section 2.2.2 of PRO's acquisition policy).
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The reports were written by external contractors on behalf of the Ministry of Transport and the Department of the Environment. The following divisions were likely to have been involved in their commission: Ministry of Transport, Nationalised Transport A Division (to 1965); Ministry of Transport, Railways A Division (to 1965); Ministry of Transport, Ports Division (to 1965); Ministry of Transport, Channel Tunnel Group (1965-67); Ministry of Transport, Channel Tunnel Division (1967-69); Ministry of Transport/Department of the Environment, Channel Tunnel Engineering Division (1969-72); Ministry of Transport/Department of the Environment, Channel Tunnel Administrative Division (1969-72); Ministry of Transport/Department of the Environment, Channel Tunnel Studies Unit (1972-75).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11228/
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