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A standard, #2, hexagonal pencil is 19 cms long.
19
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15886
22
2
0
It is longer than the 65 feet pencil outside the Malaysia HQ of stationers Faber-Castell. [
65
15,888
15888
78
2
0
Plutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea, about 80 kilometers east of Delphi, in the Greek region of Boeotia.
80
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15889
73
4
0
The highest pub in the United Kingdom is the Tan Hill Inn, Yorkshire, at 1732 feet above sea level.
1,732
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15891
114
2
0
The smallest public house in Wales is claimed by Y Goron Fach (The Little Crown) in Denbigh, with a single bar of 15 meters square .
15
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15892
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3
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Potsdamer Platz ( , literally Potsdam Square) is an important public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about 1.0 kilometers south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag (German Parliament Building), and close to the southeast corner of the Tiergarten park.
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It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 kilometers to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate.
25
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15894
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7
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The Bam Citadel, a massive structure at 1940000 sqft constructed on the Silk Road in Bam, is from around the 5th century BC.
1,940,000
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15896
115
3
0
Firing times might be short but the peak-temperatures achieved in the fire could be high, perhaps in the region of 900 °C , and were reached very quickly.
900
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15899
125
2
0
It featured disc brakes all around, as well as an option for the most powerful pushrod engine Porsche had ever produced, the 95 horsepower "SC".
95
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130
1
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Pisa supposedly was founded on the shore, but due to the alluvial sediments from the Arno and the Serchio, whose mouth lies about 7 miles north of the Arno's, the shore moved west.
7
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15902
32
1
0
Strabo states that the city was 2 miles away from the coast.
2
15,903
15903
25
1
0
Currently, it is located 6 miles from the coast.
6
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15904
162
2
0
Pisa experiences a borderline humid subtropical (Cfa) and Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), since only a single month receives less than 40 mm of rain.
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0
Pisa is a one-hour drive from Florence ( 86 kilometers ).
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15906
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1
0
The airport has a people mover system, called Pisamover, opened in March 2017 , that connects Airport and Pisa central railway station, that is 2 kilometers away.
2
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15909
13
4
0
Pico d'Aneto 3404 meters in the Maladeta ridge,
3,404
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15910
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0
Most foothills of the Pyrenees are on the Spanish side, where there is a large and complex system of ranges stretching from Spanish Navarre, across northern Aragon and into Catalonia, almost reaching the Mediterranean coast with summits reaching 2600 meters . [
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the Col de la Perche ( 1581 meters ), towards the east, between the valley of the Têt and the valley of the Segre,
1,581
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the Pas de la Casa or Port d'Envalira, the highest road pass in the Pyrenees at 2408 meters , and one of the highest points of the European road network, which provides the route from France to Andorra,
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the nearby Col de Puymorens ( 1920 meters ), on European route E09 between France and Spain.
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the Col de Somport or Port de Canfranc ( 1632 meters ), where there were old Roman roads.
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the Roncevaux Pass ( 1057 meters ), entirely in Navarre (Spain) is an important point on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route
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4
0
The winter average temperature is -2.0 °C .
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In average the seasonal snow is observed at least 50% of the time above 1600 meters between December and April.
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Replacing the Allison with a Rolls-Royce Merlin resulted in the P-51B/C (Mustang Mk III) model and transformed the aircraft's performance at altitudes above 15000 feet (without sacrificing range), Kinzey 1996, p. 57.
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2
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Because NAA lacked a suitable wind tunnel to test this feature, it used the GALCIT 10 feet wind tunnel at the California Institute of Technology.
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However, German attacks against bombers could be effective when they did occur; the bomber-destroyer Fw 190As swept in from astern and often pressed their attacks to within 100 yards .
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3
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These aircraft were remanufactured from existing original F-51D airframes fitted with new V-1650-7 engines, a new radio, tall F-51H-type vertical tails, and a stronger wing that could carry six 0.5 inches machine guns and a total of eight underwing hardpoints.
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Blair used it to set a New York-to-London (circa 3460 miles ) record in 1951: 7 hr 48 min from takeoff at Idlewild to overhead London Airport.
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Later that same year, he flew from Norway to Fairbanks, Alaska, via the North Pole (circa 3130 miles ), proving that navigation via sun sights was possible over the magnetic north pole region.
3,130
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15928
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The previous record of 36902 feet had stood since 1954.
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0
4
0
1720 horsepower at WEP
1,720
15,930
15930
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4
0
Bombs: 1000 pounds total on two wing hardpoints
1,000
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15932
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1
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The plates are still moving together, and the Himalayas are rising by about 5 mm per year.
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During the hot season from mid-April to the end of June, the temperature may reach 49 Coulomb .
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The observations revealed what is likely a 19 kilometers -wide ring system that is about 1,000 times closer than the Moon is to Earth.
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The 40 kilometers Araguainha crater in Brazil has been most recently dated to 254.7 ± 2.5 million years ago, overlapping with estimates for the Permo-Triassic boundary.
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A 2017 paper by Rampino, Rocca and Presser (after a 1992 abstract by Rampino) noted the discovery of a circular gravity anomaly near the Falkland Islands which might correspond to an impact crater with a diameter of 250 kilometers , as supported by seismic and magnetic evidence.
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This would be substantially larger than the well-known 180 kilometers Chicxulub impact crater associated with a later extinction.
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The flood basalt eruptions that produced the Siberian Traps constituted one of the largest known volcanic events on Earth and covered over 2000000 sqkm with lava.
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Oceanic methane hydrates are usually found buried in sediments where the seawater is at least 300 meters deep.
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Punjab is Pakistan's second largest province by area after Balochistan with an area of 205344 sqkm .
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In the South, Punjab's elevation reaches 2327 meters near the hill station of Fort Munro in Dera Ghazi Khan.
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This inland sea of some 251000 sqkm is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz; and its western end is marked by the major river delta of the Shatt al-Arab, which carries the waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris.
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Its length is 989 kilometers , with Iran covering most of the northern coast and Saudi Arabia most of the southern coast.
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2
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The Persian Gulf is about 56 kilometers wide at its narrowest, in the Strait of Hormuz.
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15953
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Also called "sea cows", for their grazing habits and mild manner resembling livestock, dugongs have a life expectancy similar to that of humans and they can grow up to 3 meters in length.
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15954
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Estimates from 2006 showed that only three viable nesting sites were available for this ancient bird, one located 80 miles from Dubai, and two smaller sites in Oman.
80
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15956
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4
0
The world's largest pizza was prepared in Rome in December 2012, and measured 1261 meters square .
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15957
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Fontana, California in 2017 and measured 1930 meters .
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15958
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The USDA reports an average sodium content of 5,101 mg per 14 inches pizza in fast food chains.
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15959
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The A-3 had a range extended to 2500 nautical miles and a new weapon bay housing three Mk 2 re-entry vehicles (ReB or Re-Entry Body in U.S. Navy and British usage); and the new W-58 warhead of 200 kt yield.
2,500
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15964
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4
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Slightly longer and considerably wider and heavier than Polaris A3, Poseidon had the same 4600 kilometers range, greater payload capacity, improved accuracy, and multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) capability.
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15965
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0
The main rocket motor ignited automatically when the missile had risen approximately 10 meters above the submarine.
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1
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Pterodactylus antiquus was a relatively small pterosaur, with an estimated adult wingspan of about 1 meters (the only known adult specimen is represented by an isolated skull).
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Even the smallest species had a wingspan no less than 25 cms .
25
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Once aloft, pterosaurs could reach speeds of up to 120 kmph and travel thousands of kilometres.
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The wingspan of an average adult male Pteranodon was 5 meters .
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Adult females were much smaller, averaging 3 meters in wingspan.
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1
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The largest specimen of Pteranodon longiceps from the Niobrara Formation measured 6 meters from wingtip to wingtip.
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An even larger specimen is known from the Pierre Shale Formation, with a wingspan of 7 meters , though this specimen may belong to the distinct genus and species Geosternbergia maysei.
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The entire length of the tail was about 3.5% as long as the wingspan, or up to 25 cms in the largest males.
25
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Even a small, female Pteranodon could have reached a depth of at least 80 cms with its long bill and neck while floating on the surface, and they may have reached even greater depths by plunge-diving into the water from the air like some modern long-winged seabirds.
80
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1
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The lower jaw of P. sternbergi was 1 meters long.
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This individual had a wingspan of 7 meters .
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Other valid species include the possibly larger P. sternbergi, with a wingspan originally estimated at 9 meters .
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The Panama Canal ( ) is an artificial 82 kilometers waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
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He argued in favor of a canal using a lock system to raise and lower ships from a large reservoir 85 feet above sea level.
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A 3 kilometers channel forms the approach to the locks from the Atlantic side.
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The Gatun Locks, a three-stage flight of locks 1¼ mi (1.9 km) long, lifts ships to the Gatun Lake level, some 87 feet above sea level.
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0
Gatun Lake, an artificial lake formed by the building of the Gatun Dam, carries vessels 15 miles across the isthmus.
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The single-stage Pedro Miguel Lock, which is ⅞ mi (1.4 km) long, is the first part of the descent with a lift of 31 feet .
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The artificial Miraflores Lake 1⅛ mi (1.7 km) long, and 54 feet above sea level.
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Gatun Lake covers about 180 sqmi , a vast tropical ecological zone and part of the Atlantic Forest Corridor.
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A Panamax cargo ship typically has a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 65,000–80,000 tonnes, but its actual cargo is restricted to about 52,500 tonnes because of the 41 feet draft restrictions within the canal.
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15991
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Initially the locks at Gatun were designed to be 28 meters wide.
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15992
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2
0
In 1908, the United States Navy requested that an increased width of at least 36 meters to allow the passage of US naval ships.
36
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15993
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0
Eventually a compromise was made and the locks were built 33 meters wide.
33
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15998
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In addition, improvements have been made to the canal's operating machinery, including an increased and improved tug locomotive fleet, the replacement of more than 16 kilometers of locomotive track, and new lock machinery controls.
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15999
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Modification of all locks structures to allow an additional draft of about 1.0 feet ;
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16000
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This route would save 9300 kilometers on the route from Asia to Europe compared with the Panama Canal, possibly leading to a diversion of some traffic to that route.
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16001
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The water is lost to the oceans at a rate of 101000 meters cube per downward lock cycle.
101,000
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16002
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quote=Each lock chamber requires 101000 meters cube of water.
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The mean sea level at the Pacific side is about 20 cms higher than that of the Atlantic side due to differences in ocean conditions such as water density and weather. [
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16006
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The new locks are supported by new approach channels, including a 6 kilometers channel at Miraflores from the locks to the Gaillard Cut, skirting Miraflores Lake.
6
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16007
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Each of these channels are 218 meters wide, which will require post-Panamax vessels to navigate the channels in one direction at a time.
218
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The first phase of the project was the dry excavations of the 218 meters wide trench connecting the Gaillard Cut with the Pacific coast, removing 47 million cubic meters of earth and rock.
218
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16012
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The Nicaraguan parliament has approved plans for the 280 kilometers canal through Nicaragua, and according to the deal, the company will be responsible for operating and maintaining the canal for a 50-year period.
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Supporters and the environmental impact study claim there will be net environmental benefits, but critics argue that nearly 1.0 million acres of delicate ecosystems will be destroyed by the time construction is completed.
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China is investigating a proposal to construct a 220 kilometers railway between Colombia's Pacific and Caribbean coasts.
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Chips were long made in a batch process, where the potato slices are rinsed with cold water to release starch, fried at a low temperature ( 300 °F ), and continuously raked to prevent them from sticking together.
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A svärdstav (literally sword-staff) is a Swedish medieval pole arm that consists of a two-edged sword blade attached to a 2 meters staff.
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The Luhu-class guided missile destroyer Qingdao and the replenishment oiler Taicang completed the PLA Navy's first circumnavigation of the world (pictured), a 123-day voyage covering 32000 nautical miles between 15 May – 23 September 2002.
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In 1853 he installed a 220 yards pneumatic system between the London Stock Exchange in Threadneedle Street, London, and the offices of the Electric Telegraph Company in Lothbury.
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In Prague, in the Czech Republic, the network extended approximately 60 kilometers .
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1844–54: Dublin and Kingstown Railway's Dalkey Atmospheric Railway between Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) and Dalkey, Ireland ( 1 miles )
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1846–47: London and Croydon Railway between Croydon and New Cross, London, England ( 7 miles )
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1847–48: Isambard Kingdom Brunel's South Devon Railway between Exeter and Newton Abbot, England ( 20 miles )
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1847–60: Paris–Saint-Germain railway between Bois de Vésinet and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France ( 2 kilometers )
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