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"The Channel Tunnel: 20 fascinating facts"...
May 6 2014 , Written by Ola Fagbohun Published on #TrainTravel
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The Channel Tunnel: 20 fascinating facts
5. At the height of construction, 13,000 people were employed. Ten workers - eight of them British - were killed building the tunnel. 6. Englishman Graham Fagg and Frenchman Phillippe Cozette carried out the ceremonial break through on December 1, 1990. 7. They didn't quite meet in the middle - the English side tunnelled the greater distance.
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