IMG_0072 - Being dug by hand, and to avoid groundwater, the tunnel could not go down more than 5 meters.
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IMG_0078 - The yellow line shows the 340-m tunnel under the runways, and 340m of covered trench to the Kolar family house.
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IMG_0081 - Entry was controlled by the Bosnian army. Permits and payments were required of civilians and goods transiting the tunnel.
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IMG_0082 - After a year, tracks were laid to ease the movement of cargo on small carts and people who could not walk.
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IMG_0083 - Even electrical, oil, and water lines were installed to supply the city. The water came from a nearby brewery well.
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IMG_0087 - An entrance. Daily, 3-4000 Bosnian soldiers and civilians and ~30 tons of supplies made the 2-hour trip through the tunnel.
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IMG_0096 - The Sarajevo airport today
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IMG_0101 - Modern Butmir. Places like this would have been well checked, but outer suburbs still have a risk of land mines.
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IMG_0103 - En route back around the airport and into the city
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IMG_0112 - The Austro-Hungarian district, from the period of 1878 to 1908, when BiH was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire
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