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Haiku Tunnel

Directors/Writers:Jacob and Josh KornbluthSony Pictures; R; 90 minutesRelease:9/01Cast:Josh Kornbluth, Warren Keith, Helen Shumaker Is there space in Hollywood for another pair of kooky…

Notable Tunnels

Name Location LengthYearcompletedmikm Railroad, excluding subwaysSeikan Tsugaru Strait, Japan 33.553.91988Channel Tunnel1English Channel, England-France 31.150.01994Iwate IchinoheTanigawa Mountains…

tunnel

(Encyclopedia) tunnel, underground passage usually made without removing the overlying rock or soil. Although tunnels are approximately horizontal, they must be built with sufficient gradient for…

Channel Tunnel

(Encyclopedia) Channel Tunnel, popularly called the “Chunnel,” a three-tunnel railroad connection running under the English Channel, connecting Folkestone, England, and Calais, France. The tunnels…

Saint Gotthard, mountain group, Switzerland

(Encyclopedia) Saint GotthardSaint Gotthardsānt gŏtˈhərd, gŏtˈərd [key], mountain group of the Lepontine Alps, S central Switzerland, rising to Pizzo Rotondo (10,472 ft/3,192 m high). The Reuss,…

Writing Well: Light at the End of the Tunnel

Light at the End of the TunnelWriting WellIn the End ZoneCredit Given HereStop, Thief!Light at the End of the Tunnel You're almost there, partner. Just a few more matters to attend to and you'll be…

Lötschberg Railway

(Encyclopedia) Lötschberg RailwayLötschberg Railwaylöchˈbĕrkh [key], electrical railroad, crossing the Bernese Alps from Thun, W central Switzerland, to Brig, on the Rhône River, S Switzerland. It…

Mersey

(Encyclopedia) MerseyMerseymûrˈzē [key], river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, formed at Stockport, W England, by the confluence of the Etherow and Goyt rivers. It flows east to the Irish Sea near Liverpool…

Cenis, Mont

(Encyclopedia) Cenis, MontCenis, MontmôN sənēˈ [key], Ital. Moncenisio, Alpine pass, 6,831 ft (2,082 m) high, on the French-Italian border. It is one of the great invasion routes in Italian history.…

wind tunnel

(Encyclopedia) wind tunnel, apparatus for studying the interaction between a solid body and an airstream. A wind tunnel simulates the conditions of an aircraft in flight by causing a high-speed…