CROSSING THE SLEEVE The 135-meter-long ferry-boat proposed in 1872. Since the beginning of the century; the best British and French engineering minds had been engaged in the search for a means of crossing the English Channel other than the usual navigation; to favor tourist travel and commercial exchanges. Among the many aerial or submarine solutions; the reasons for economic and defensive status; passing through two world wars; the tunnel in the seabed was inaugurated; inaugurated in 1994. Print from popular publication; Italy 1918