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• Ihe colussal work of Ihe Simplon iunm I Im- iieeil completed.” says the London " Express ” Geneva oorresponclo'i!. "The last rail was I,aid and the final electrical connection* made in the e onil parallel tunnel. 'Hie new linn was opened and international traflie 1 enc-- forward will be greatly expedited. The new t-unuel wu* pierced simuHnnewuslv with the lirst tunnel, whiak was opened for traffic on June Ist. 1906. It ron:-incd r mere alien- cut through the rock until December, 1912, when the work oi converting it into a parallel railway tunnel *nd track was begun. Ti:e tunnels arc each 12 miles and a quarter in length. and the cost is about C 5.009.000;”
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1923, Page 3
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