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Opened in 1911, the St. Pauli Elbtunnel, universally known as the Old Elbe Tunnel, was a marvel of its age and remains one of Hamburg's most atmospheric attractions, a tiled passage running 426 metres beneath the river some 24 metres down. It was built to give the tens of thousands of dock and shipyard workers a quick, all-weather route from the St. Pauli Landungsbruecken piers to the harbour and yards on the southern bank, replacing slow and crowded ferries. Construction began in 1907 under gre...