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    The idea of a tunnel under the English Channel connecting France and England was first proposed during Napoleon's time, but construction on the current tunnel began in the late 1970s and stopped due to funding issues before restarting in 1984. Engineers overcame many challenges to bore three tunnels meeting in the middle from both sides of the Channel using specially designed machines, with the tunnel opening for use in 1994 as a privately funded project permitted by treaties between the two countries.

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    The idea of a tunnel under the English Channel connecting France and England was first proposed during Napoleon's time, but construction on the current tunnel began in the late 1970s and stopped due to funding issues before restarting in 1984. Engineers overcame many challenges to bore three tunnels meeting in the middle from both sides of the Channel using specially designed machines, with the tunnel opening for use in 1994 as a privately funded project permitted by treaties between the two countries.

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    Treaties Were Signed Between France and England

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    The idea of a tunnel under the English Channel connecting France and England was first proposed during Napoleon's time, but construction on the current tunnel began in the late 1970s and stopped due to funding issues before restarting in 1984. Engineers overcame many challenges to bore three tunnels meeting in the middle from both sides of the Channel using specially designed machines, with the tunnel opening for use in 1994 as a privately funded project permitted by treaties between the two countries.

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    The idea of connecting France and England with a tunnel under the English Channel has been considered

    since the time of Napoleon, when the first plan for building a tunnel was made. Work on the current tunnel actually started in the late 1970s but stopped because of money problems. Construction began again in 1984 and was completed in 1993. It opened in 1994. It was built with private funds, but treaties were signed between France and England permitting construction of the tunnel. Engineers had many problems to overcome in constructing the three tunnels that are known as the Chunnel. Construction started on both sides of the Channel and the tunnels had to meet in the middle. Special machines had to be built to bore through the rock under the Channel. In addition to the engineering challenges, this project required working in two languages, English and French, and using two sets of national construction, safety and legal codes. It involved ten contractors and 220 syndicate banks.

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