Man-made wonders of the world

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Stonehenge This wonder of the world is situated in England, in complex of Neolithic monuments and Bronze Age. It was build in about 300-1000 BC. There are few hypothesis of STONEHENGE destination: druids monuments, monuments of Merlin legends, tomb of pagan Queen, Space invasion and others. Such a mysterious attraction was build by people arms, builders could have used stone tools to shape the stones, and wooden rollers, levers, and ropes to set them in position.

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Panama canal Panama canal is situated on isthmus of Panama. There are no the exact date of its building, but it was opened in June 12, 1920. This canal was build to make it easier to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Building process was very long, construction couldn’t go on for years, because of lack of moony and work arms.

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TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY This railway crosses all Europe. It was build in 1891-1916. The main option of this transport way- connection of the European part and the Pacific ports and railway outlets in Asia.

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HOOVER DAM This world wonder was build in Colorado River at the border of Nevada and Arizona(USA) in 1931-1936. Such a grand dam was created to smooth out level fluctuation of the river, to help the development of irrigated farming and to use it as a new source of water supply. Explosives and heavy equipment enable builders to create this huge dam

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ENGLISH CHANNEL TUNNEL or THE CHUNNEL Channel Tunnel was build in 1987-1994 between the coast of France and the island of Great Britain. Construction of this Chunnel was necessarily, it was important to simplify means of transport connection between France and Great Britain by many reasons.

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Created by Cherkashina Anastasia Form10 A Teacher Sintsova B.N.