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Channel Tunnel

Undersea rail tunnel linking France to UK

The Channel Tunnel is a 50.46-kilometre (31.35-mile) railway tunnel beneath the English Channel that connects Folkestone in the United Kingdom with Coquelles in northern France. Opened in 1994, it remains the only fixed link between Great Britain and the European mainland.

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  • 1802Albert Mathieu-Favier, a French mining engineer, proposed a tunnel under the English Channel.
  • 1839Aimé Thomé de Gamond performed the first geological and hydrographical surveys on the Channel between Calais and Dover.
  • 1856Aimé Thomé de Gamond presented a proposal to Napoleon III for a mined railway tunnel from Cap Gris-Nez to East Wear Point.
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Strait of Dover
Narrowest part of the English Channel
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1996 Channel Tunnel fire
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Battle of Dover Strait (1917)
Naval battle of the First World War
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Dover Strait coastal guns
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Battle of Dover Strait (1916)
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Battle of the Narrow Seas
1602 Anglo-Dutch naval victory over Spain
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Dover Barrage
Underwater blockade of the English Channel against German submarines during WWI
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Action of 14/15 February 1918
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