Pastore, Arthur DYNAMITE UNDER THE ALPS, The Challenge of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, Coward-McCann, Inc, New York, 1963. Hardcover in good condition, dust jacket in good condition, ex library book, black and white illustrations, 98 pages. "To bore the Mont Blanc tunnel took four years of day and night struggle against crumbling rock, exploding rock and rock gushing water with a thousand times the force of a fire hose." Crews from the French and Italian end worked to meet in the middle. Contents: Battle against Superstition, The Italians Attack, The French Attack, Man Against Mountain, Two Holes Become One Tunnel, Following Europe's New Map, Index. Lots of black and white photographs of the whole operation.
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