Where was the first tunnel in recorded history?

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It is probable that the first tunneling was done by prehistoric people seeking to enlarge their caves. All major ancient civilizations developed tunneling methods. In Babylonia, tunnels were used extensively for irrigation; and a brick-lined pedestrian passage some 3,000 feet (900 metres) long was built about 2180 to 2160 BC under the Euphrates River to connect the royal palace with the temple. ---Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Nov 19 01, 4:10 PM

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The first recorded road tunnel was the 200 feet long Umer Loch Tunnel, St. Gotthard road Switzerland, built in 1707. The first recorded railway tunnel was the Chapel Milton Tunnel on the Peak Forest railway, in Derby, UK, opened on the 1st of May 1800. The first mechanically bored tunnel was the aborted Channel Tunnel which was 2024 yards long and bored with a Beaumont pneumatic tunneller at Abbotscliffe in Kent, UK, in July 1881. --All facts taken from The Shell Book of Firsts Nov 19 01, 4:54 PM

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