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That’s much more common than one would think. The London tube began operation 160 years ago. The U1 line in Berlin was constructed between 1902 and 1926. The ce

That’s much more common than one would think. The London tube began operation 160 years ago. The U1 line in Berlin was constructed between 1902 and 1926. The central railway lines are substantially older. The Paris metro began operation in summer 1900. Bridges in old cities are very often much older than a century. The ship lift in Niederfinow that connects the Oder-Havel Canal to the Oder river went into operation in 1936 - the canal that it serves dates back to 1743. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiffshebewerk_Niederfinow https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiffshebewerk_Niederfinow The Hoover hydroelectric dam is now 90 years old.

codethief 1y ago
> The U1 line in Berlin was constructed between 1902 and 1926. There's also the S1 line, large parts of which date back to 1874[0] or even 1838[1], depending on how you count: The train back in 1838 established most of the path today's S1 takes through southwestern Berlin. The S1 runs on a second pair of rails, constructed in 1874, that run in parallel to the 1838 line and diverge from it near the city border. The old 1838 line is set to be rebuilt by 2038. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Railway https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Railway [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%E2%80%93Magdeburg_railway https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%E2%80%93Magdeburg_rai...