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Menm si konstriksyon an nan tinèl la Chèn te kòmanse nan 1988, sa pa vle di ke lide a te nouvo. Menm Napoleon toyed ak lide a nan konekte Angletè ak Lafrans atravè yon tinèl. anvan l ', Franse enjenyè Albert Mathieu-Favier premye pwopoze tankou yon tinèl nan 1802. konsèp li enkli yon zile atifisyèl sou wout la, kòm yon chwal-chanje estasyon. Sepandan, pifò plan te abandone jouk apre yo fin Dezyèm Gè Mondyal la.
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Even though the construction of the Channel Tunnel started in 1988, that doesn’t mean that the idea was new. Even Napoleon toyed with the idea of connecting England and France via a tunnel. Before him, French engineer Albert Mathieu-Favier first proposed such a tunnel in 1802. His concept included an artificial island along the way, as a horse-changing station. However, most plans were abandoned until after World War II.