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    Connaught Tunnel The Connaught Tunnel is in southeastern British Columbia, on the Revelstoke–Donald segment. The 5.022-mile (8.082 km) tunnel carries...
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  • Mountains, handles most westbound traffic, whereas the Connaught Tunnel handles mostly eastbound. The tunnel was opened by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)...
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    1916 completion of the Connaught Tunnel under Rogers Pass in British Columbia. It remains the longest active transportation tunnel east of the Rocky Mountains...
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    construction of an eight-kilometre tunnel under the pass and Mount Macdonald. The Connaught Tunnel opened in 1916. The new tunnel bypassed Glacier House's siding...
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  • Springs Railway tunnels: Big Hill Spiral Tunnels Bulldog Tunnel, West Kootenay Connaught Tunnel, under Selkirk Mountains Dunsmuir Tunnel, Vancouver Esquimalt...
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    renovate and reuse the Connaught tunnel. Crossrail has often been compared to Paris's RER system due to the length of the central tunnel. The majority of stations...
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    Tunnel, another tunnel that carries water across the Continental Divide in Colorado Connaught Tunnel, Mount Macdonald Tunnel, Big Hill Spiral Tunnels...
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    is the third longest in Canada, after the Mount Macdonald Tunnel and the Connaught Tunnel, and connects the city's Central Station, in Downtown Montreal...
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    from Canning Town to North Woolwich via Custom House and the 600 m Connaught tunnel beneath the docks. From 2022, a branch of the Elizabeth line passes...
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  • spiral tunnels 137 miles (220 km) to Calgary, Alberta; and 126 miles (203 km) west to Revelstoke, British Columbia, through Rogers Pass and the Connaught Tunnel...
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  • 1874 – fume problems Connaught Tunnel 1 in 105 – 0.95% - 1916 – double track when built – ventilation problems Woodhead Tunnel 1 in 201 – 0.50% - 1845...
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  • Connacht or Connaught is a western province in Ireland. Connacht or Connaught may also refer to: Connaught Hill, a community park in Prince George, British...
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    summit of which was located just inside the western portal of the Connaught Tunnel beneath Rogers Pass. Montreal Locomotive Works built another ten of...
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    following June. Route details. Only the crest and eastern slope of the Connaught Tunnel route is underground. CP's traffic predictions proved largely correct...
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    of Canning Town which was rerouted in 1850 via Custom House and the Connaught Tunnel. The original route was retained as the Silvertown Tramway, a local...
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    the Connaught Tunnel, an eight-kilometre-long (5-mile) tunnel under Mount Macdonald that was, at the time of its opening, the longest railway tunnel in...
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  • built the 600 m (2,000 ft) cut and cover Connaught Tunnel (also known as the Silvertown Tunnel or Albert Dock Tunnel), at the new dock's entrance; it emerges...
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    double-track tunnel with restricted clearances is sometimes singled to form a single track tunnel with more generous clearances, such as the Connaught Tunnel in...
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  • Canaveral and the Seattle Monorail Project. She worked on the Connaught Tunnel, a Victorian rail tunnel built in 1878 between Stratford and North Woolwich. At...
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    works started at the future Canary Wharf station. Boring of the railway tunnels was officially completed in June 2015. Installation of the track was completed...
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  • the Connaught Tunnel, an eight-kilometre-long (5-mile) tunnel under Mount Macdonald that was, at the time of its opening, the longest railway tunnel in...
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    onward, only one track of the double track line was used through the Connaught Tunnel under the Royal Docks and on to North Woolwich. In 1985 the line from...
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    Avalanche Glacier is situated on the east side of the peak, and the Connaught Tunnel lies partially beneath Avalanche Mountain. The peak is visible from...
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    1913 began boring the five mile long Connaught Tunnel through Mount Macdonald, at the time Canada's longest tunnel, so bypassing the hazard of Rogers Pass...
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  • Golden, and about 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of the mid-point of the Connaught Tunnel beneath Rogers Pass, in southeastern British Columbia. At the mouth...
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    summit of which was located just inside the western portal of the Connaught Tunnel beneath Rogers Pass. MLW built another 10 of these successful locomotives...
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    locomotive engineer when the governor general opened and traversed the Connaught Tunnel in 1916, and when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth rode in the lead...
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    7913966°W / 51.301389; -117.7913966 that was superseded when the Connaught Tunnel (British Columbia) was built. There used to be a spiral at Guanjiao...
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    as a centre of alpinism until it was closed in 1925 after the CPR Connaught Tunnel under Rogers Pass bypassed it. The foundation ruins of Glacier House...
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  • Charles A. Prouty's resignation. April 2 – Construction begins on the Connaught Tunnel in the Selkirk Mountains under Rogers Pass on the Canadian Pacific...
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