The Mount Cenis underground railway tunnel, France, 1870

Location: 
from Modane, France to Bardonecchia, Italy
Architect: 
Engineer: Germain Sommeiller
Client or Owner: 
not listed
Type of Content: 
detailed description of the newly completed railway tunnel, begun 1857 and completed in late 1870
Length of Article: 
3,400 w.
Source: 
Building News [London], Vol. 20, 6 Jan. 1871, p. 1 and 2
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