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Construction of Zurich Airport began 80 years ago

Eighty years ago, forests and a moor were cleared to make way for the construction of Zurich Airport’s first runway. Today, around 750 aircraft take off and land at the international airport each day. A consortium of engineers and architects chose the partly wooded moorland area of the Kloten-Bülach military training area north of Zurich as the site of a new civil airport. In 1943, the Federal Military Department agreed to relinquish the military training area "in the greater national interest". Two years later, it sold 655 hectares of the site to the canton of Zurich for around CHF10 million ($12.5 million). Following several revisions to the project, the Zurich cantonal government approved a construction loan of CHF36.8 million. + Seven facts about Zurich Airport you may not have known In 1946, excavators rolled onto the marshy site and began work. Several metres of raised bog were removed and the area was filled with material from the Holberg. In addition, the former military ... Full story here Are you the author?
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