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Tripolis, construction site and workers’ housing at the south portal of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel

Tripolis, construction site and workers’ housing at the south portal of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel

Tripolis, construction site and workers’ housing at the south portal of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel

Tripolis, construction site and workers’ housing at the south portal of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel, around 1912-1916 (SBB Historic)

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Basel leads the way
Construction
1915

The first base tunnel

Long before the Gotthard and Lötschberg, the first base tunnel in Swiss rail history is driven through the hills at Hauenstein near Olten.

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