Channel Tunnel Sections Meet: Britain and France Connected Under the Sea
Engineers in the UK and France finally connected their tunneling machines forty meters beneath the seabed, sealing a physical link between the two nations that had been impossible for centuries. This breakthrough transformed the Channel from a formidable barrier into a direct corridor, enabling the Eurostar to eventually whisk passengers across the English Channel in under two hours.
December 1, 1990
36 years ago
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