WEMBLEY STADIUM SUPERLATIVES

Wembley Stadium is a football (soccer) stadium in Wembley, London, which opened in 2007, on the site of the original Wembley Stadium. The stadium hosts major football matches including home matches of the England national football team, and the FA Cup Final. With 90,000 seats (86,000 American football) it is the largest stadium in England, the largest stadium in the U.K. and the second-largest stadium in Europe. The stadium’s signature feature is a circular section lattice arch of 23 feet internal diameter with 1,033-foot span, rising to 436 feet. The archway is the world’s longest unsupported roof structure. Arguably, Wembley Stadium’s most significant record is that the stadium contains 2,619 toilets, more than any other venue in the world.

WEMBLEY STADIUM

CHUNNEL BORING MACHINES

The 6 English machines used to drill the Channel Tunnel were called 1, 2,3,4,5 and 6. The 6 French machines were called Brigitte, Europa, Catherine, Virginie, Pascoline and Severine.

“Virginie” is the only surviving tunnel boring machine (TBM).  It is on display at the Eurotunnel Calais Terminal in Coquelles, France. On it are the words "hommage aux bâtisseurs du tunnel", meaning "tribute to the builders of the tunnel".

POPULATION IN ENGLAND FROM 1086 TO DATE

1086 is the date the Domesday Book, a manuscript record of the “Great Survey” of much of England and parts of Wales, ordered by King William the Conqueror, was published.

You can see the effect of the Black Death in the mid-1300s.

Population in England from 1086 represents the oldest data available in FRED.