Channel Tunnel Is Officially Opened
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Technology, Inventions, Economics
- Subcategories: Trade, Commerce, Engineering, Engineers, Transportation
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, French History
- Geographical Location: England, France
- Date: May 6, 1994
Article abstract: The Channel Tunnel is officially opened, linking England with the Continent and opening a new age in European rail travel and freight movement.
Summary of Event
The Channel Tunnel between England and France had been considered a technological possibility since the eighteenth century, when scientists and engineers first proposed horse-drawn vehicles through an underwater tunnel. Economic difficulties and political tensions between England and France, however, kept postponing the project. Finally, in 1986, an Anglo-French consortium...
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