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Ocean Tunnels: The Battle Of The Lusitania
’t have been sunk during WWI, the Lusitania was an ocean liner that had 1,959 passengers, and ait was carrying a bunch of war supplies to the UK.The fourth problem this tunnel will solve is economy struggles that the two governments may have inthe future. All of the money earned will go to the governments of the US and the UK.Location & DistanceThis tunnel is going from one continent to another continent. The location that the stations will be arePlymouth, England and Winthrop, Massachusetts. Plymouth, England was chosen because it has apopulation has a big population and it is close to the ocean. Winthrop, Massachusetts was chosenbecause it was next to one of the biggest cities in the United States that city is Boston, Massachusetts.The station in Winthrop, Massachusetts was supposed to me in Boston instead but Winthrop was closeto Boston and the sea so it worked better. …show more content…
The distance across the Atlantic Ocean is 3127.5 miles(5033.23km) long and has a depth is 2.44 miles (3.93km). The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is directly in the middleof the Atlantic Ocean and is 654.54 miles(1053.38km) long and has a depth is 4.82 miles(7.76km).Thepressure at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean is 39572.8 Kpa (390.55 atm) and the pressure at thebottom of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is 78073.6 Kpa (770.527 atm). The tunnel will not go further than thebottom of the Atlantic Ocean.BuildingFor building the tunnel I am going to use a boat called Platform Installation/ Decommissioning andPipeline Vessel Pieter Schelte. There will be crew member that are construction workers and there willbe at least one civil engineer to supervise since the tunnel will be built on the boat. The measurement ofthe tunnel it will have a radius of 20 feet. The type of concrete I am going to use is a type of RapidHardening Concrete that is waterproof so the tunnel sections will be built fast and then sent

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