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formed an impenetrable barrier. Already being planned at that time was a rail causeway from the mainland to Nösse on Sylt. The horrendous cost of such a project kept it shelved for quite a while, until
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was built to facilitate construction. 1,000-1,500 workers were employed on the project. In the two years that it took to build the causeway, more than 3 million cubic metres (4 million cu. yd.) of sand and clay were moved, and 120,000 tonnes of stones used. It was opened on 1 June 1927.
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brought all planning to a stop. After the war, Germany was obliged to cede Tønder and the
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