. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers . LOOP TUNNELSIN THE BSASCHIRA toBellimona. AIBOLO. Maps, ,4-28. — 133 (p. 137) and the Furka (p. 144). In the cemetery is a monument(1889), by Andreoletti, to Louis Favre, the engineer of the St. Gott-hard Tunnel, -who died in the tunnel on 19th July, 1879. To the Goschenen-Tal (3 hrs. to the Goschener Alp), see p. 137. —The Kienzen-Stock (96213), ascended in 4-5 hrs. from Goschenen via theHiental (guide necessary, 25 fr.), commands a magnificent view. Beyond the station the t
. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers . LOOP TUNNELSIN THE BSASCHIRA toBellimona. AIBOLO. Maps, ,4-28. — 133 (p. 137) and the Furka (p. 144). In the cemetery is a monument(1889), by Andreoletti, to Louis Favre, the engineer of the St. Gott-hard Tunnel, -who died in the tunnel on 19th July, 1879. To the Goschenen-Tal (3 hrs. to the Goschener Alp), see p. 137. —The Kienzen-Stock (96213), ascended in 4-5 hrs. from Goschenen via theHiental (guide necessary, 25 fr.), commands a magnificent view. Beyond the station the train crosses the Gotthard-Reuss (p. 137)and enters the great *St. Gotthard Tunnel, constructed in 1872-80at a cost of 563/4 million fr. (2,270,000J.). The tunnel, 28 broadand 21 high, is 16,393 yds. (91/4 M.) in length, being 3114 yds.(l2/3 M.) longer than the Mont Cenis Tunnel. The central point is3786 above the sea-level, from which it descends on both sides,about 6 in 1000 towards Goschenen, and 2 in 1000 towards air in the interior is fresh and free from smoke; the temperatureis about 70° Fahr. Express train
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