Working group analysing the geology of the Gotthard region meeting in Amsteg, 2003 (Uri State Archives)

Tunnel-boring machine, around 1875 (Uri State Archives)

Motor vehicle traffic on the old Gotthard road by the Teufelsbrücke restaurant, 1950 (Uri State Archives)

Motor vehicle traffic by the Teufelsbrücke restaurant on the old Gotthard road, 1950 (Uri State Archives)

Laying the tracks, 2012 (Uri State Archives)

Opening for traffic and inauguration at the Gotthard tunnel with Federal Councillor Hürlimann, 1980 (Uri State Archives)

Base tunnel portal, 2014 (Uri State Archives)

Machine house in Göschenen with the compressors to operate the tunnel-boring machines, around 1875 (Uri State Archives)

Knowledge of the type of rock and the rock formations is key to the construction of a tunnel, 2005 (Uri State Archives)

Working on the tracks, 2005 (Uri State Archives)

Wassen, Gotthard road, traffic jam, 1954 (Uri State Archives)

The Axen road with a queue of cars, around 1950 (Uri State Archives)

Opening for traffic at the Gotthard tunnel, 1980 (Uri State Archives)

Ticket bus for the car shuttle in Flüelen by the Eichhof beer depot, around 1960 (Uri State Archives)

Work at the drill head, 2005 (Uri State Archives)

The Gotthard Pass road in Hospental with a queue of cars, 1952 (Uri State Archives)

Opening for traffic at the Gotthard tunnel, 1980 (Uri State Archives)

Hall with compressors to operate the tunnel-boring machines, around 1875 (Uri State Archives)

Ticket bus for the car shuttle in Flüelen by the Eichhof beer depot, around 1960 (Uri State Archives)

Coaches waiting in front of Göschenen station, undated (Uri State Archives)

Wassen, Gotthard road, traffic jam, 1954 (Uri State Archives)

Portal of the rail tunnel in Göschenen during construction, around 1875 (Uri State Archives)

Engineer with concrete train, 2012 (Uri State Archives)

Ticket bus for the car shuttle in Flüelen by the Eichhof beer depot, around 1960 (Uri State Archives)

Road improvements at Tellsgasse in Altdorf, around 1957 (Uri State Archives)

Welding work at the drill head, 2005 (Uri State Archives)

Gotthard railway bridge over the Muota near Schwyz, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

Taking a break, 2005 (Uri State Archives)

Altdorf station, undated (Uri State Archives)

Gotthard railway line at Lake Urnen with the Gütsch Tunnel, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

Easter traffic jam at the loading station in Erstfeld, 1963 (Uri State Archives)

Easter traffic jam at Lehnacher in Erstfeld, 1963 (Uri State Archives)

Human and machine: concrete train with concrete pump, 2012 (Uri State Archives)

Göschenen station, undated (Uri State Archives)

Gotthard railway line and the Axen road near Brunnen, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

Welding work at the drill head, 2005 (Uri State Archives)

Gotthard railway line between Brunnen and the «Place», 1881 (Uri State Archives)

The Gumpischbach Bridge on the Gotthard railway line near Sisikon, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

Lake Lucendro dam near Airolo, after 1930 (Uri State Archives)

Workers smoothing the concrete, 2012 (Uri State Archives)

Gotthard railway line around the Gruonbach near Flüelen, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

Laying the tracks, 2012 (Uri State Archives)

Bellinzona station, 1951 (Uri State Archives)

Pageant in Altdorf, 1953 (Uri State Archives)

Laying the tracks, 2012 (Uri State Archives)

Flüelen station, after 1939 (Uri State Archives)

Amsteg and the Kerstelenbach Bridge during construction, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

Transport structure over the Reuss near Meitschlingen, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

Laying the tracks, 2012 (Uri State Archives)

Gotthard railway line and the bridges over the Meienreuss near Wassen, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

Ida Poletti selling cherries at Flüelen station, around 1950 (Uri State Archives)

Gotthard railway line and the bridges over the Meienreuss near Wassen, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

The Reuss Valley near Wassen with the lower Wattinger-Reuss Bridge of the Gotthard railway, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

The Strahlloch Bridge near Wassen, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

The portal in Göschenen prior to completion, with tunnel workers and steam transport train, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

The portal of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel with transport train and tunnel workers in Airolo, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

Göschenen, in the Schöllenen Gorge, around 1900 (Uri State Archives)

Hospental, village with Gotthard mail coach, around 1910 (Uri State Archives)

The installation facility in Airolo, 1881 (Uri State Archives)

Rockslide by the Bäzberg above Andermatt, (september) 1969 (Uri State Archives)

A motorcyclist near Hospental on the Gotthard pass road, after 1930 (Uri State Archives)

Hospental, the Gotthard Ospizio, after 1930 (Uri State Archives)

Hospental, Gotthard pass road, after 1930 (Uri State Archives)

Airolo, Gotthard road, Tremola Valley, after 1930 (Uri State Archives)

Hospental, Gotthard Ospizio, 1935 (Uri State Archives)