How Does A Mega Tunnel Under The Alps Get Built? | Richard Hammond’s Big

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  • @GamalKevin
    @GamalKevin 3 роки тому +427

    The Italian guy seems like a cool dude

    • @cadfg7908
      @cadfg7908 3 роки тому +25

      we’a gon ta freeze tha soil

    • @Zeigler_
      @Zeigler_ 3 роки тому +4

      @@cadfg7908 Freezing the soil seems like a 60s/70s bad guy would do in a spy film

    • @mdhcccc
      @mdhcccc 3 роки тому

      @@Zoltaaan that’s the most obnoxious comment I’ve ever read lmao. At least space it out’a more.

    • @darkvenom2982
      @darkvenom2982 3 роки тому +4

      He sounds like gru from despicable me movie

    • @shaiksfq6691
      @shaiksfq6691 3 роки тому

      My name is Dracula, Bla Bla Bla

  • @adambg02
    @adambg02 3 роки тому +70

    It may be called a boring machine, but to me it's still incredible.

  • @Pupswolke1
    @Pupswolke1 3 роки тому +21

    8:33 "Only in Italy could a massive engineering solution be inspired by ice cream" 😂😂

  • @jasonwilde197
    @jasonwilde197 3 роки тому +289

    At the expense of sounding lazy, any elevator that allows you to avoid stairs is Five Stars.

    • @Ocewot
      @Ocewot 3 роки тому +1

      meanwhile steps in elevator clicks lobby (first floor) the entire elevator plummets to the bottom floor i attempt to raise my arm to check my wrist to see how fast it was. it was instant! 10 stars! the only downside was they had to scrape me off the floor but still beats the stairs if you ask me.

  • @saadnasir2922
    @saadnasir2922 3 роки тому +30

    The italian guy sounded exactly the way I expected him to

  • @stalin1909
    @stalin1909 3 роки тому +23

    I have been thru Norway’s many many Tunnels ,from 10 to 25 km ones . and the tunnel btw Copenhagen and Malmö under the sea. As well as the one under Mont Blanc btw Italy and France . and every-time i drive in one of those . I’m always in Awe and appreciation of the monumental efforts and money behind those man made marvels . Humans can do wonders , when they’re not fighting or in war .

  • @80sday36
    @80sday36 3 роки тому +129

    6:10 I'm not sure whether Hammond get impressed by the engineering methods or by this Italian engineer accent

    • @XX-rr6lg
      @XX-rr6lg 3 роки тому +3

      Hammond can only answer that.

    • @MSI2k
      @MSI2k 3 роки тому +4

      He was trying not to laugh lol

    • @Mango-vd1nn
      @Mango-vd1nn 3 роки тому

      @@MSI2k looks like it lol

    • @nosferatus777
      @nosferatus777 7 місяців тому +1

      @@MSI2k
      you should hear how an Englishman speaks Italian, much more fanny

  • @jondomi3027
    @jondomi3027 3 роки тому +35

    “It’s very NICEEEE” 😅😂

  • @sjones8738
    @sjones8738 3 роки тому +34

    Being an engineer looks and sounds like an exciting job. Engineering affects everything in everyday life. Engineers have to get it right or it will affect life in a negative way. Engineering is a cool profession to pursue.

    • @yourlocalopp_
      @yourlocalopp_ 3 роки тому +2

      As the saying goes my friend “ engineering makes the world turn”

    • @CooManTunes
      @CooManTunes 2 роки тому

      You're simpleminded.

  • @drunkenwhiskeyeu
    @drunkenwhiskeyeu 3 роки тому +253

    I'm surprised Hamster didn't crash his motorcycle during the visit

  • @MrGuitarROCKplayer
    @MrGuitarROCKplayer 3 роки тому +11

    Hannibal and Napoleon would have been thrilled.

  • @DerBaertigeBaron
    @DerBaertigeBaron 3 роки тому +19

    Actually this tunnel is quiet small, but it seems like its big because Hammond is the host!

  • @aurelmatthews4164
    @aurelmatthews4164 Рік тому +2

    I'm gonna go back in time and try to explain to Hannibal that in the future we just dug a huge tunnel the alps to get to Rome

  • @ridhobaihaqi144
    @ridhobaihaqi144 3 роки тому +26

    English with italian accent 😊😊

  • @pnwRC.
    @pnwRC. 3 роки тому +6

    AWESOME video!

  • @aquasauce362
    @aquasauce362 3 роки тому +20

    People say that Italians don’t end everything with “ah” but it seems like they do.

    • @dkk9819
      @dkk9819 3 роки тому

      Nobody ever said that

  • @muhammadadil5698
    @muhammadadil5698 3 роки тому +3

    I love this channel ❤️

  • @Saleh_tbh
    @Saleh_tbh 2 роки тому +1

    It doesn't drill, 'No it crashes'😂

  • @Damage_CTRL
    @Damage_CTRL 3 роки тому +38

    When you find out your boss has a accent of indian engineer

    • @apatriot6421
      @apatriot6421 3 роки тому +7

      I'm a Indian and I can confirm that's not a Indian accent, I don't know which accent it is but it's hurting my ears

    • @kingo1539
      @kingo1539 3 роки тому +7

      @@apatriot6421 Hey I could say the same about indian accents too!

    • @smbtouchmyspag8287
      @smbtouchmyspag8287 3 роки тому +4

      It is Italian accent.

  • @Teefs69
    @Teefs69 3 роки тому +12

    Wow italy is beautiful, i want it! I must conquer italy!

  • @villainsneverdie5160
    @villainsneverdie5160 3 роки тому +32

    That dude’s accent made the indian accent sounds more adorable

  • @chandbasha606
    @chandbasha606 3 роки тому

    You are excellent sir

  • @matthewgartell6380
    @matthewgartell6380 3 роки тому +16

    That's a big hamster tube

  • @samenright4469
    @samenright4469 3 роки тому +12

    Just use a tunnel bores they work in 1.16.5

    • @technikchaot
      @technikchaot 3 роки тому

      if you use a world eater it also gets rid of the liquits. And because they are above 11 Blocks (they just want to dig through mountains not under the sea) they doesn't have to account for obsidian.

  • @GianucaSimo
    @GianucaSimo 3 роки тому +6

    An italian perspective: "Mhmm... English yes"

  • @Ascertivon
    @Ascertivon 3 роки тому +1

    Cool!

  • @otomamu1
    @otomamu1 3 роки тому +2

    In Georgia, Metro Tbilisi tunnel some places are done same way 70 years before by frizzing soil.

    • @kratsa99
      @kratsa99 3 роки тому +1

      Wow never expected someone from my country to be here

  • @faramund9865
    @faramund9865 Рік тому

    I think if anything, it's these kinds of things that people will remember our time for. Probably computers too, and unfortunately AI too.
    But this is such an amazing feat, and a lasting impact that everyone will be able to witness very clearly.
    Is it good? I don't know. Is it impressive? Incredibly so.

  • @thfreakinacage
    @thfreakinacage 3 роки тому +1

    Contrary to what the name suggests, that machine is actually quite interesting :P

  • @martinacuna1093
    @martinacuna1093 3 роки тому +1

    PLEASE tell me someone else thought his accent was BORAT 100%???? LMAO!!!!

  • @mikeunum
    @mikeunum 3 роки тому +4

    Mud finger, aeh ice cream finger. Haha.

  • @duke605
    @duke605 Рік тому +2

    7 billion? Over 20 years? That's nothing

    • @moogle68
      @moogle68 Рік тому

      Yeah, I was surprised how cheap it was when he said that. In the US we just passed a bill to allocate 1 _trillion_ dollars to such projects over the next few years, so 7 out of that is like nothing, and yet we still have almost nothing as useful or ambitious in the works, smh.

    • @wotizit
      @wotizit 6 місяців тому

      ​@@moogle68can the US even afford it

  • @gordonramsdale
    @gordonramsdale 3 роки тому +4

    I am struggling to understand this freezing the sludge business at the end, yes I know there is now a drilled hole through the frozen solid ground - but what happens when the ice melts and that ground returns to sludge?

    • @joeamerican512
      @joeamerican512 3 роки тому +1

      Go to the 6:40 mark. I believe they will have the final lining installed in the frozen area by the time it thaws.

    • @TheNamesArif
      @TheNamesArif 3 роки тому +1

      This freezing thing is just to help them dig it. After that there's already a wall

    • @Gerbrandt0245
      @Gerbrandt0245 3 роки тому

      They are putting Walls into the drilled holes, that are waterproof and able to hold the mass above them.

    • @daaneel
      @daaneel 3 роки тому

      How is the structure even stable in that sludge? Unless they build a pile foundation down to solid rock

  • @KelvinSoFitness
    @KelvinSoFitness 3 роки тому

    Did the freezing work?

  • @mathix6277
    @mathix6277 3 роки тому +7

    I'm suprised Azula is not commanding this machine

  • @Vauxaholicx
    @Vauxaholicx 3 роки тому

    Borats brother !

  • @ijlala3799
    @ijlala3799 3 роки тому

    That thing scream zombie apocalypse

  • @DanielJohnsonWeddings
    @DanielJohnsonWeddings 3 роки тому +5

    When it melts after being frozen they'll be in trouble. Obviously, they didn't think it through.
    I'm joking.

    • @TheNamesArif
      @TheNamesArif 3 роки тому

      This freezing thing is just to help them dig it. After that there's already a wall

    • @nikmcdonald3343
      @nikmcdonald3343 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheNamesArif Can you not read?

    • @moogle68
      @moogle68 Рік тому +1

      @@nikmcdonald3343 I can read, but I don't see a joke anywhere, just a completely ignorant, incorrect statement of fact being _called_ a joke.

  • @spikyeu9504
    @spikyeu9504 3 роки тому

    Real life flying machine

  • @vaclavpohl5724
    @vaclavpohl5724 Місяць тому

    The lenght of the machine is same as four olympic size swimming pools... Why didnt he just say 200 meters? :D

  • @jordanpitts1257
    @jordanpitts1257 3 роки тому +3

    I live near an entrance, a safety tunnel. In the town near by 5 people have died from asbestosis.

  • @michaelkhoo5846
    @michaelkhoo5846 3 роки тому

    The thumbnail looks like a giant chocolate chip cookie machine.

  • @daviddavidson2357
    @daviddavidson2357 2 роки тому

    It's not a big tunnel, Hammond just discovered a mouse hole.

  • @petros1372
    @petros1372 2 роки тому +1

    Machines made in Germany 🇩🇪 💪

  • @olgasolovjova4705
    @olgasolovjova4705 3 роки тому +2

    How do they frezze a large quantities of liquid nitrogen in short periods of time

    • @yeyex4165
      @yeyex4165 3 роки тому

      Well since 78% of air is made out of Nitrogen I think they got it going

  • @Lbozo23691
    @Lbozo23691 3 роки тому +5

    dude kinda sounded like borat

    • @fox4534
      @fox4534 3 роки тому

      Idda likea tip on tah measle nota rounda🤣

    • @0ninja213
      @0ninja213 3 роки тому

      Wha

  • @yecto1332
    @yecto1332 2 роки тому

    I knew it hamsters love mud

  • @Klembit
    @Klembit 3 роки тому

    Switzerland is still first. Lets goooo

  • @Hayko.S
    @Hayko.S 3 роки тому

    Mama mia pizza ria 🇮🇹🍕😂

  • @hashimkurd7536
    @hashimkurd7536 3 роки тому

    I lucky guy😂

  • @fulldimensionalstation
    @fulldimensionalstation 3 роки тому

    He’s no longer an idiot
    (top gear reference)

  • @عبداللهآلسلمان-د2ي

    وهذا هو المستقبل .

  • @maxgyver1_
    @maxgyver1_ 3 роки тому +1

    Italian accent....idk why suddenly i remember family guy

  • @samwilli9366
    @samwilli9366 3 роки тому +1

    (First couple of seconds) Jeremy Clarkson would not approve

  • @kasirmir1925
    @kasirmir1925 6 місяців тому

    Just 15 metres a day? Did I hear that right?

    • @wotizit
      @wotizit 6 місяців тому

      Can you do better

  • @dloadthis1617
    @dloadthis1617 3 роки тому +1

    😍

  • @mojomanrosie
    @mojomanrosie 3 роки тому +1

    Hey

  • @richardchan1642
    @richardchan1642 3 роки тому

    *Luigi noise intensifies*

  • @jessicaoloughlin8894
    @jessicaoloughlin8894 3 роки тому +1

    They subtitled the American guy in another episode and not the guy with the thick Italian accent? Ok.

  • @dsfdggsdgdfdfhhdfhhdhd
    @dsfdggsdgdfdfhhdfhhdhd 3 роки тому

    Oh hey look it's the hamster.

  • @yoboiiisean3666
    @yoboiiisean3666 3 роки тому +2

    Eyes kwimm

  • @Toleich
    @Toleich 3 роки тому +2

    "I say they're small but they weight more than me"
    Eh. 30kg isn't that heavy.

  • @bigzubber
    @bigzubber 3 роки тому +5

    Elon says that he can do it for 25% of the cost and time and it’s underground even worse, somehow they believed him😂

    • @HyperVegitoDBZ
      @HyperVegitoDBZ 3 роки тому +2

      Crypto fanatics are a proof that Elon can shit out anything and gullible idiots will follow him

    • @gordonramsdale
      @gordonramsdale 3 роки тому

      @@HyperVegitoDBZ #stopelon

  • @stewartsavage1123
    @stewartsavage1123 3 роки тому

    Slowly

  • @bogbog
    @bogbog 3 роки тому

    Itsa me MARIO.

  • @thunderbear0
    @thunderbear0 3 роки тому

    Indian Scottish South african and Australian accent is nothing infront of Italian ones

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 3 роки тому +2

      the first man has a quite neutral accent but the second one is awfull

  • @XavierBetoN
    @XavierBetoN 2 роки тому

    Id iz wondeRful-a how a they freeZe a the soil-a

  • @kianlihkin
    @kianlihkin 3 роки тому

    I was imagining the Italian bloke to be a part of mafia...no offence here...but can u imagine???🤣🤣🤣

  • @cypherusuh
    @cypherusuh 3 роки тому

    I wonder why they didn't sucks up all the sludge, make a tunnel at the bottom, fits in the lining, and fill the top with solid dirt

    • @gxy7166
      @gxy7166 3 роки тому

      How? Where would the river go?

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 3 роки тому

      you cant remove soil under a river or otherwise river would collapse down

  • @kettlebellsporttraining1507

    The real answer to your question is: “It won’t be completed, ever”… France knows it, Italy knows it..that tunnel is useless

    • @edoio.7283
      @edoio.7283 11 місяців тому +1

      It's not the turin lyon tunnel, is the tunnel di base Gottardo, another one in the east

  • @mystuff1405
    @mystuff1405 3 роки тому +8

    And why didn't they do this above ground? They could build special train tracks that would do the job at 1/10 the price and time.

    • @sherpack8098
      @sherpack8098 3 роки тому +5

      Because making train tracks on hillsides is extremely expensive and needs alot more maintenance

    • @jackiechan_wtf4041
      @jackiechan_wtf4041 3 роки тому +13

      Have you seen the steep mountain terrain in Italy?
      Imagine trying to haul a freight train up a 10% grade.

    • @MM-fe9mz
      @MM-fe9mz 3 роки тому +8

      Super steep mountains and trains don't mix. Also above ground means more environmental damage plus disturbing towns and local roadways.

    • @Reemus4
      @Reemus4 3 роки тому +5

      If you build a roller coaster, sure...

    • @grasgruen84
      @grasgruen84 3 роки тому +1

      you cant be from europe or you have never seen the alps or you wouldnt ask this rather silly question :D even if trains could climb the steeps and it would be possible (which it isnt) then the route would be like 10 times as long and not straight in anyway so trains would be way slower.

  • @larrycalabrese5689
    @larrycalabrese5689 3 роки тому

    I not like it

  • @grasgruen84
    @grasgruen84 3 роки тому

    record braking 55km long? the gotthard railwaytunnel is 57km long. did i miss something or is he just stating wrong facts to make it more impressive?

    • @Tacticuz
      @Tacticuz 3 роки тому +1

      The gotthard tunnel is 15km long mate, the only one stating wrong facts here is you

    • @grasgruen84
      @grasgruen84 3 роки тому

      @@Tacticuz the one not being able to read seem to be you, i wrote about the railway tunnel which is 57km long, not about the auto tunnel that was built in 1980.

    • @namenlos40
      @namenlos40 3 роки тому +3

      The new tunnel will be connected to an already existing one. Then it will be a 64km long tunnel.

    • @fb55255
      @fb55255 2 роки тому

      Length wise yes, but I think the Brenner base tunnel has a wider diameter than the Gotthard. Being the length only 2km different it makes the Brenner an impressive tunnel for the amount of rock displaced.

    • @SusanneAuer
      @SusanneAuer 2 роки тому +1

      Once completed the Brenner Tunnel will connect to the existing Intaltunnel. Combined it's a 64 km continuously underground route.

  • @mrtripp4983
    @mrtripp4983 Рік тому

    Yeah dad took a shat in one of those tunnels once ...