Tunnel
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| + | [[Image:Combat de nègres dans un tunnel.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Negroes Fighting in a Tunnel at Night]]'' (1882) by [[Paul Bilhaud]], here shown in the 1887 version [[appropriation|appropriate]]d by [[Alphonse Allais]] as published in ''[[Album primo-avrilesque]]'' (April fool-ish Album)]] | ||
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| - | # An [[underground]] or [[underwater]] [[passage]]. | + | A '''tunnel''' is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for entrance and exit, commonly at each end. |
| - | # A passage [[through]] or [[under]] some [[obstacle]]. | + | |
| - | # A [[hole]] in the [[ground]] made by an [[animal]], a [[burrow]]. | + | A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road [[traffic]], for [[rail transport|rail]] traffic, or for a [[canal]]. The central portions of a [[rapid transit]] network are usually built in tunnels. Some tunnels are [[aqueduct (watercourse)|aqueducts]] to supply water for consumption or for [[hydroelectric]] stations or are [[sanitary sewer|sewers]]. [[Utility tunnel]]s are used for routing steam, chilled water, electrical power. or telecommunication cables, as well as connecting buildings for convenient passage of people and equipment. |
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| + | Secret tunnels are built for military purposes, or by civilians for smuggling of weapons, [[contraband]], or people. Special tunnels, such as [[wildlife crossing]]s, are built to allow wildlife to cross human-made barriers safely. | ||
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| *[[Light at the End of the Tunnel (disambiguation)|Light at the end of the tunnel]] | *[[Light at the End of the Tunnel (disambiguation)|Light at the end of the tunnel]] | ||
| + | *[[Tunnels in popular culture]] | ||
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A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.
A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. The central portions of a rapid transit network are usually built in tunnels. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers. Utility tunnels are used for routing steam, chilled water, electrical power. or telecommunication cables, as well as connecting buildings for convenient passage of people and equipment.
Secret tunnels are built for military purposes, or by civilians for smuggling of weapons, contraband, or people. Special tunnels, such as wildlife crossings, are built to allow wildlife to cross human-made barriers safely.
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