A - f - c - e - h - d - b - g
a (1802) - A French engineer told Napoleon about his idea. But he wanted to build a tunnel under the sea and link France and England. Napoleon didn`t like the idea. He wanted to fight with England.
f (1860) - A French engineer Thomas de Gamond and a British engineer, Sir John Hawkshaw made plans for the tunnel.
c (1880) - Digging began. A two-kilometre tunnel was ready, but work stopped. The First World War began.
e (1960) - The British and French governments started a new tunnel project.
h (1975) - The government of France and England closed the project. They didn`t have any money for it.
d (1980) - The project started again. A private company gave money for it. The project costed ten billion pounds.
b (1987) - They started work. A British team began drilling in England and a French team in France. Fifteen thousand workers built the tunnel. The biggest problem for builders was to meet under the sea.
g (1994) - The British and the French builders shook hands under the sea. The tunnel was ready.