The railways of the Andes exhibit some of the most marvellous results of engineering skill. The highest inhabited place in the world is Calera, a railway village in Pern, 15,635 feet above the sea, or within 100 feet af the summit of Mount Blanc. Near it a tunnel, 3,847 feet long, is being l>ored through the peak of the mountain, 600 feet above the perpetual snow line.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 27, 4 July 1891, Page 129
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