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SIMPLON PASS

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 135 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIMPLON PASS , a pass over the See also:

Alps. Not known See also:early See also:save as a purely See also:local route, the Simplon Pass See also:rose into importance when See also:Napoleon caused the See also:carriage road to be built across it between 'Soo and 1807, though it suffered a new See also:eclipse on the opening of the Mont Cenis (1871) and St Gotthard See also:railways (1882). The Simplon See also:tunnel was opened in 1906. The pass proper starts from See also:Brieg (Swiss See also:canton of the See also:Valais), which is in the upper See also:Rhone valley and 901 M. by See also:rail from See also:Lausanne, past St See also:Maurice and See also:Sion. From Brieg it is about 14 M. Up to the pass (6J92 ft.), See also:close to which is the See also:hospice (first mentioned in 1235) in the See also:charge of See also:Austin Canons from the See also:Great St See also:Bernard. The road descends past the Swiss See also:village of Simplon, and passes through the wonderful See also:rock See also:defile of Gondo before entering See also:Italy at Iselle (28 m. from Brieg). Here the road joins the railway See also:line through the tunnel, which is 124 M. in length, and 2313 It. high, being thus both the longest and the lowest tunnel through the Alps. From Iselle it is about 11 m. by rail to Domo d'Ossola, whence the Toce or Tosa valley is followed to the Lago See also:Maggiore (23 m.). The new line runs along the W. See also:shore of the Lago Maggiore past See also:Baveno, See also:Stresa and See also:Arona, and so on to See also:Milan. (W. A.

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