Rove Tunnel
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The Rove Tunnel is a canal tunnel
in France
. It is about 4.5 mi (7.2 km) long and 72 ft (22 m) wide and opened in 1927. The Rove Tunnel remains the biggest canal tunnel in the world. The tunnel was closed in 1963 after its collapse.
Coordinates: - northern portal - southern portal
Canal tunnel
A canal tunnel is a tunnel for a canal. The biggest canal tunnel in the world is the Rove Tunnel in France. The oldest canal tunnel in the world is the Malpas Tunnel also in France, built in 1679. In the United States there is the Paw Paw Tunnel that opened in 1850.In some canal tunnels the towpath...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is about 4.5 mi (7.2 km) long and 72 ft (22 m) wide and opened in 1927. The Rove Tunnel remains the biggest canal tunnel in the world. The tunnel was closed in 1963 after its collapse.
Coordinates: - northern portal - southern portal