Simplon-Tunnel (Brig, Switzerland, and Iselle, Italy)
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Galleria del Sempione (Brig, Switzerland, and Iselle, Italy)
Sempione Tunnel (Brig, Switzerland, and Iselle, Italy)
Simplon Tunnel (Italy and Switzerland)
Traforo del Sempione (Brig, Switzerland, and Iselle, Italy)
Traforo ferroviario del Sempione (Brig, Switzerland, and Iselle, Italy)
Tunnel du Simplon (Brig, Switzerland, and Iselle, Italy)
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found: Work cat.: 2006424206: Sempione, c2006:p. 5 (Traforo del Sempione; Traforo ferroviario del Sempione)
found: Old catalog heading(Simplon tunnel)
found: Wikipedia, WWW site, June 13, 2006(Traforo del Sempione is a railway tunnel connecting Italy (Val d'Ossola) to Switzerland (Alta Valle del Rodano); constructed between 1889 and 1905; inaugurated in 1906)
found: GEOnet, July 10, 2006(Simplon Tunnel [conventional], tunnel, 46ʹ19⁰N 8ʹ01⁰E; BGN standard [Italy]: Sempione, Galleria del; BGN standard [Switzerland]: Simplon-Tunnel)
found: LC database, July 10, 2006(Simplon tunnel; Eröffnungsfeier des Simplon-Tunnels; tunnel du Simplon)
found: Encyclopedia Britannica online, Feb. 29, 2012:(Simplon Tunnel; tunnel runs from Iselle, Italy to Brig, Switzerland; tunnel is divided into 2 galleries 55 feet apart)
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Change Notes
2006-08-03: new
2012-05-03: revised
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