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Completion of the St Gotthard Tunnel beneath the Alps, 1880.
Completion of the St Gotthard Tunnel beneath the Alps, 1880. The tunnel was built to link Italy and Switzerland by rail. Workmen from the two ends of the 9 1/4 mile-long tunnel broke through the last piece of rock and met to complete the tunnel on 29 February 1880.
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AR916092
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2847px × 3679px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
Alps
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
breakthrough
Celebration
Celebrations
Civil engineering
completion
concept
Construction
country
EUROPE
Italian
Italy
JOB
LABOURER
LOCATION
Male
Man
Meeting
Men
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
People
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
railway tunnel
St Gotthard Tunnel
Swiss
Switzerland
TGN
The Alps
Train
transport
TRANSPORTATION
Tunnel
Tunneling
Wood Engraving
WORKMAN
workmen