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Jumbo jets were named after a famous elephant called Jumbo.
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Buildings & Structures > Tunnels and Underground Structures
On 10th January, 1863,
London’s underground Metropolitan Railway was opened...
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On 19th May, 1906,
The Simplon rail tunnel was officially opened...
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On 25th February, 1908,
The Hudson River rail tunnel was first opened to the public...
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On 14th February, 1942,
The Maastunnel car tunnel in the Netherlands was opened...
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On 25th June, 1971,
The new Mersey Tunnel was officially opened...
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On 5th September, 1980,
The world’s third longest road tunnel, the St. Gotthard Tunnel, was officially opened....
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On 13th March, 1988,
The world’s longest underwater tunnel, the Seikan Tunnel, was opened...
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On 6th May, 1994,
The Channel Tunnel between England and France was officially opened...
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