Tom Swift and his Big Tunnel; Or, The Hidden City of the Andes
Tom Swift and his Big Tunnel; Or, The Hidden City of the Andes
By Victor Appleton (Tom Swift Sr. #19)
25 Mar, 2020
Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes, is Volume 19 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap........... The Titus Brothers Contractors company has won a government contract in Peru to blast a tunn
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Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes, is Volume 19 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap........... The Titus Brothers Contractors company has won a government contract in Peru to blast a tunnel through a mountain and connect two isolated railroad lines. The deadline is approaching, and the contractors have hit a literal wall: excessively hard rock which defies conventional blasting techniques. The company is under pressure to finish, or else the contract will default to their rivals, Blakeson & Grinder. Mr. Job Titus has heard of Tom Swift and Tom's giant cannon, which is used in protecting the Panama Canal and wants to hire Tom to develop a special blasting powder to help them finish the excavation. Less