. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . ions between Germany and Genoa as the Semmering andBrenner Railway have established between Germany on the onehand and Venice and Trieste on the other. At the same time, there is no reason why France should not participate in manyof its benefits. Eastern France is prolific in manufactures andindustries. The St. Gothard tunnel will afford a more directroad for their exportation to other parts of the Continent thanany before existing; while for passenger traffic, the St. Gothardroute will be shorter for travellers from the French
. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . ions between Germany and Genoa as the Semmering andBrenner Railway have established between Germany on the onehand and Venice and Trieste on the other. At the same time, there is no reason why France should not participate in manyof its benefits. Eastern France is prolific in manufactures andindustries. The St. Gothard tunnel will afford a more directroad for their exportation to other parts of the Continent thanany before existing; while for passenger traffic, the St. Gothardroute will be shorter for travellers from the French and Englishcapitals to Northern and Southern Italy than the Mont Cenisroute or the Brenner. The Spruce Creek tunnel is remarkable for the singularpicturesqueness of its approaches at either end. It is namedafter the river and village near its eastern end. It is on thePennsylvanian Railroad, 215 miles from Philadelphia. The entrances to tunnels are various in style, they should beconsistent as entrances to works of solidity, solitariness, and i8o OUR IRON THE ST. GOTHARD LINE. 181 gloom. Some are thrown into relief by well wooded hills thatrise behind them. Red Hill tunnel, as seen from near Trentjunction, and Shugborough tunnel, on the Trent Valley line,may be cited as examples. The north face of the latter has anoble archway, deeply moulded, flanked by square towers, andis surmounted by a battlemented parapet.
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