While visiting good friends in Hamburg, I had the opportunity to visit the old Elbe tunnel. Running under the river Elbe in Hamburg, this 1/2 kilometer ‘technical marvel’, known as the ‘old river Elbe tunnel’, is a beautiful tunnel like no other. It was was built in 1911, sits 24 meters below the river and connects central Hamburg with the shipyard island of Steinwerder. What makes the tunnel unique are the entry points on each side of the river where, rather simply driving straight into and through the tunnel, vehicles enter a freight elevators which slowly descends to the tunnel below.
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