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Singapore laws which limit land ownership to up to 30m below the surface will open up many opportunities for huge infrastructure projects from rail networks to reservoirs to storage facilities. What lies beneath 3,900m 800m DEEPEST PROPOSED PUBLIC RAILWAY STATION Porta Alpina, in the Gotthard Base Tunnel in southern Switzerland. The project was shelved by the Swiss authorities in 2012. 40m LONDON’S NEW TRAIN LINE The Elizabeth Line, due to open later this year, will link central London with Heathrow Airport, the Canary Wharf financial district, London rail terminals and commuter towns like Reading in a 42km route. 85m DERINKUYU UNDERGROUND CITY, TURKEY One of several underground complexes found throughout Cappadocia, possibly dating back as far as the 7th century. 106m DEEPEST METRO STATION Arsenalna, on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line, Kiev, Ukraine. 287m DEEPEST UNDERSEA ROAD TUNNEL The Eiksund Tunnel, Norway. 600m GERMAN MINES Germany is turning hard coal mines in the north-west of the country shut down last year into hydroelectric storage facilities. 700m CHILEAN MINERS 33 miners were trapped for 69 days in 2010 in the San Jose copper and gold mine in Chile. 30-40m SINGAPORE'S TRAIN SYSTEM Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit system encompasses more than 199km of rail route. The fully automated North East, Circle and Downtown lines form the longest, fully automated metro network in the world. 42m SINGAPORE’S NEW UNDERGROUND SEWERS The Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (Phase 2), to be completed in 2025, will comprise 40km of deep tunnels and 60km of link sewers, traversing 100km across the western half of Singapore. 150m and below SINGAPORE’S NEW RESERVOIRS National water agency PUB is looking to store water in underground reservoirs deep below to free up to 3,700ha or 5 per cent of Singapore’s total land space. 150m SINGAPORE’S NEW STORAGE FACILITY Jurong Rock Caverns, an underground storage facility for liquid hydrocarbon, located under Jurong Island in Singapore. 219m GREENBRIER NUCLEAR BUNKER West Virginia, US. Kept secret for 30 years, it was designed for Congress to use in an emergency. 3,110m DEEPEST SINGLE-SHAFT LIFT Moab Khotsong gold mine, South Africa. 2,850m DEEPEST NUCLEAR EXPLOSION Siberia, Russia, in 1985. 2,500m DEEPEST LABORATORY Jinping Underground Laboratory, China. 2,190m DEEPEST KNOWN CAVE The deepest known point of Krubera Cave, also known as Voronya Cave, in the Arabika Massif, Georgia. 1,480m HOMESTAKE GOLD MINE, UNITED STATES Closed in 2002. But in 2007, it started to house the Sanford Underground Research Facility for sensitive physics experiments that needed to escape radiation from the sun. TEXT: IRENE THAM STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS 1.8m below ground level STANDARD GRAVE DEPTH The term “six feet under” originated in the 1660s in plague- ridden England as a stipulation to avoid further infection. 4m TUTANKHAMUN’S TOMB Discovered in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. 6m MAXIMUM RANGE OF MOST METAL DETECTORS A car could be picked up by a high-end metal detector but smaller items would be missed. 18m BEIJING’S UNDERGROUND CITY Subterranean bomb shelter network under the Chinese capital. 20m PARIS CATACOMBS Opened in the late 18th century, they hold the remains of about six million people. 33m UNDERGROUND URBAN FARM A former World War II bomb shelter under Clapham, London, now used to grow herbs and vegetables. It is the world’s first underground farm. 3m TELECOM CABLES IN SINGAPORE There have been 26 cases of telecommunications cable cuts over the last three years due to earthworks that resulted in massive Internet outages. These cables are typically laid up to 3m below ground. Ground level HOW DEEP IS IT REALLY? The deepest point humankind has gone into the earth DEEPEST DESTINATION FOR HUMANS At 3,900m (about the combined height of 12 Eiffel Towers), the TauTona gold mine in South Africa has to be cooled to 28 deg C. Rock-face temperatures currently reach 60 deg C. This distance is a mere 0.06 per cent of the average distance to the centre of the earth. 6 , 3 7 0 k m
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Singapore laws which limitland ownership to up to 30m below the surface will open up many opportunities for huge infrastructure projects from rail networks to reservoirs to storage facilities.
What lies beneath
3,900m
800mDEEPEST PROPOSED PUBLIC RAILWAY STATIONPorta Alpina, in the Gotthard Base Tunnel in southern Switzerland. The project was shelved by the Swiss authorities in 2012.
40mLONDON’S NEW TRAIN LINEThe Elizabeth Line, due to open later this year, will link central London with Heathrow Airport,the Canary Wharf �nancial district, London rail terminals and commuter towns like Reading in a 42km route.
85mDERINKUYU UNDERGROUND CITY, TURKEYOne of several underground complexes found throughout Cappadocia, possibly dating back as far as the 7th century.
106mDEEPEST METRO STATIONArsenalna, on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line, Kiev, Ukraine.
287mDEEPEST UNDERSEA ROAD TUNNELThe Eiksund Tunnel, Norway.
600mGERMAN MINESGermany is turning hard coal mines in the north-west of the country shut down last yearinto hydroelectric storage facilities.
700mCHILEAN MINERS33 miners were trapped for 69 days in 2010 in the San Jose copper and gold mine in Chile.
30-40mSINGAPORE'S TRAIN SYSTEMSingapore’sMass Rapid Transit system encompasses more than 199km of rail route. The fully automated North East, Circle and Downtown lines form the longest,fully automated metro network in the world.
42mSINGAPORE’S NEW UNDERGROUND SEWERSThe Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (Phase 2), to be completed in 2025, will comprise 40km of deep tunnels and 60km of link sewers, traversing 100km across the western half of Singapore.
150m and belowSINGAPORE’S NEW RESERVOIRSNational water agency PUB is looking to store water in underground reservoirs deep below tofree up to 3,700ha or 5 per centof Singapore’s total land space.
150mSINGAPORE’S NEW STORAGE FACILITYJurongRock Caverns,an underground storage facility for liquid hydrocarbon, locatedunder Jurong Island in Singapore.
219mGREENBRIER NUCLEAR BUNKERWest Virginia, US. Kept secret for30 years, it was designed for Congress to use in an emergency.
3,110mDEEPEST SINGLE-SHAFT LIFTMoab Khotsong gold mine, South Africa.
2,850mDEEPEST NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONSiberia, Russia, in 1985.
2,500mDEEPEST LABORATORYJinping Underground Laboratory, China.
2,190mDEEPEST KNOWN CAVEThe deepest known point of Krubera Cave, also known as Voronya Cave, in the Arabika Massif, Georgia.
1,480mHOMESTAKE GOLD MINE, UNITED STATESClosed in 2002. But in 2007, it started to house the Sanford Underground Research Facility for sensitive physics experiments that needed to escape radiation from the sun.
TEXT: IRENE THAM STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS
1.8m below ground levelSTANDARD GRAVE DEPTHThe term “six feet under” originated in the 1660s in plague- ridden England as a stipulationto avoid further infection.
4mTUTANKHAMUN’S TOMBDiscovered in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
6mMAXIMUM RANGE OF MOST METAL DETECTORSA car could be picked up by a high-end metal detector butsmaller itemswould be missed.
18mBEIJING’S UNDERGROUND CITYSubterranean bomb shelter network under the Chinese capital.
20mPARIS CATACOMBSOpened in the late 18th century, they hold the remains of about six million people.
33mUNDERGROUND URBAN FARMA former World War II bomb shelter under Clapham, London, now used to grow herbs and vegetables. It is the world’s �rst underground farm.
3mTELECOM CABLES IN SINGAPOREThere have been26 cases of telecommunications cable cuts over the last three years due to earthworks that resulted in massive Internet outages. These cables are typically laid up to 3m below ground.
Groundlevel
HOW DEEP IS IT REALLY?The deepest point humankind has gone into the earth
DEEPEST DESTINATION FOR HUMANSAt 3,900m (about the combined height of 12 Eiffel Towers), the TauTona gold mine in South Africa hasto be cooled to 28 deg C.Rock-face temperatures currently reach 60 deg C.This distance is a mere0.06 per cent of the average distance tothe centre of the earth.
6,370km
