Channel Tunel In 1858 a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty -one tunnel across the English Channel. He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the channel. This platform would serve as a port and a railway station , the tunnel would be well ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level.in 1860 a better plan was forward by an Englishman, William Low. He suggested that a double railway tuned should be built. This would solve the problem of ventilation , for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it . Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun, if, at the time the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed. Recently, there has again been great interest in the idea of a channel tunnel. if it is build it will connect Britain to Europe for the first time in history. What was Aime Thome de Gamond's initial proposal for the Channel Tunnel in A To construct a twenty-one mile tunnel with a platform in the center n B To build a ferry service across the Channel v C To create a bridge over the Channel D To develop a high-speed train service E To dig a series of wells for ventilation L