Channel Tunnel
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The Channel Tunnel, sometimes referred to as the Chunnel, is a 50.46-kilometre railway tunnel beneath the English Channel which connects Folkestone in the United Kingdom with Coquelles in northern Fra
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One of the southern tunnel boring machines
Class 319 EMUs ran excursions into the tunnel from Sandling railway station on 7 May 1994, the first passenger trains to go through the Channel Tunnel.
The Channel Tunnel exhibit at the National Railway Museum in York, England, showing the circular cross section of the tunnel with the overhead line powering a Eurostar train. Also visible is the segmented tunnel lining.
Wonders of the World
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Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from antiquity to the present day, in order to catalogue the world's most spectacular natural features and human-built structures.
Channel Tunnel
…taking 2 hours 15 minutes, to Brussels 1 hour 51 minutes. In 1994, the American Society of Civil Engineers elected the tunnel as one of the seven modern Wonders of the World. In 1995, the American magazine Popular Mechanics published the results. The opening was phased for various services offered as the Channel Tunnel…
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only wonder of the ancient world still in existence
CN Tower in Toronto, Canada
Old City of Jerusalem
Victoria Falls