Simplon Collection

Orient Express in Snow
The Simplon-Orient Express train, snowbound at the village station of Cherkeskoy, sixty miles from its final destination, Constantinople (Istanbul)

Advertisment for Simplon-Orient Express, Taurus Express
Advertisement for the Simplon-Orient Express and the Taurus Express. The advertisement shows the route between London and Istanbul and also the routes from Haydarpasha (Istanbul) to Cairo

Poster advertising the electric Simplon Line, serving the Simplon Pass from Switzerland to Italy

Simplon, Switzerland

Simplon Switzerland early 1900s

Boring machine used in the Hoosac tunnel 1869
Workers using a primitive boring machine to make the tunnel, lying between Switzerland and Italy, being thirty-six miles long and about twenty-five feet broad

Milan, Italy - Palace Hotel and other sights including the Arco del Sempione, Station and the Antico Palazzo della Borsa (Old Stock Exchange). Date: circa 1901

Advertisement for Brig, Simplon, Switzerland. circa 1960

The Bridge at Crevola, by Jean-Charles-Joseph Remond
A View of the Bridge at Crevola near the Simplon Pass, by Jean-Charles-Joseph Remond (1795-1875). Date: circa 1832

Hotel Simplon, Interlaken, Berne, Switzerland, with soldiers walking in the street

Old Stockalper Hospice, near the Simplon Pass, Switzerland. The impressive hospice was built by Kaspar Jodok von Stockalper, who traded salt from the Mediterranean to the rest of Europe

Anhydrite
A specimen of the mineral anhydrite (calcium sulphate) from the Simplon tunnel through the Alps which links Switzerland to Italy

Simplon Pass, the village, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Simplon Pass, Kaltwasser Gallerie, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Simplon Pass, Gondoschlucht, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Simplon Pass, Winter Gallery, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Simplon Pass, Hotel Bellevue, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Simplon Pass, the hospice, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Simplon Pass, Berisal, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Simplon - Switzerland - The Miner
A Miner from the Simplon region of Switzerland. It looks as if he is about to lead a guided tour of a tunnel system cut through glacial ice. Date: circa 1905

The Simplon Tunnel at Brig, Switzerland
The Simplon Tunnel - an Alpine railway tunnel which connects the Swiss town of Brig with Domodossola in Italy. It consists of two single-track tunnels built nearly 20 years apart

Switzerland Simplon
The Simplon Pass between Switzerland and Italy

Simplon Pass 1819
Swiss Alps: the Simplon Pass, interior of the Grand Gallery

Simplon Village 38 / 60
Simplon Pass: a village

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