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Part of a historic canal tunnel in Derbyshire has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
BBC: Butterley tunnel gets Scheduled Ancient Monument status
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Economists in Thailand suggest reviving plans for a gargantuan construction project digging a hole through the isthmus in southern Thailand (not quite pure Keynes: the hole would not be filled in, but form a canal tunnel linking the Pacific and Indian oceans).
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Birmingham Town Hall and the Dudley Canal Trust Tunnel and Cavern will also be lit up from 18:45 GMT.
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Volunteers said they hoped the move would help with restoration of the entire tunnel and canal system.
BBC: Butterley tunnel gets Scheduled Ancient Monument status
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Eli Hodapp, editor of a website called The Duke Nukem Forever List, reminds us the Suez Canal, the Channel Tunnel and the Manhattan Project were finished in less time.
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My candidates are the Panama Canal, the Thames Barrier and the Channel Tunnel.
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The 1.7 mile-long (2.7km) Butterley tunnel, which carried the Cromford canal, was opened in 1794 and closed in 1900 after a partial collapse.
BBC: Butterley tunnel gets Scheduled Ancient Monument status
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Patrick Morris, of the Friends of Cromford Canal, said only a small section of the tunnel was accessible.
BBC: Butterley tunnel gets Scheduled Ancient Monument status
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The tunnel will also create a 13-mile (21km) loop between Bath and Midford via the canal towpath in the city.
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