Tunnel Boring Machine
Invention and innovation • 19th century
Coming to Wonder Inventions on 31 October 2026.
About this story
- Subject
- Tunnel Boring Machine
- Category
- Transport and Navigation Inventions
- Where
- Global
- When
- Ancient world to modern era
- Length
- 10 illustrated pages · about 15 minutes to read · about 11 minutes to listen
Who appears
- Marc Isambard Brunel — Visionary Engineer
- Monsieur Dubois — Contemporary Engineer
- Foreman — Tunnel Foreman
- Grizzled Laborer — Tunnel Laborer
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel — Young Engineer
- Sir John — Skeptical Investor
What happens on 31 October 2026
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