Negrelliho viadukt - Praha, CZ
Posted by: Noe1
N 50° 05.782 E 014° 26.464
33U E 460023 N 5549495
The Negrelli Viaduct in Prague was build 1846 - 1849, named after Alois Negrelli, Ritter von Moldelbe.
Waymark Code: WMN12R
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/05/2014
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The person:"Alois Negrelli, Ritter von Moldelbe (January 23, 1799 - October 1, 1858), was an Austrian engineer and railroad pioneer in Austria, Italy and Switzerland. He was responsible for the construction of the railway from Vienna via Prague to the German border in the direction of Dresden and via Ostrava to the Polish border in the direction of Kraków and prepared the railway to the then Austrian Lviv and of the extension to the Russian border further east. He led the construction of the Negrelli Viaduct in Prague between 1846 and 1849."
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The place:The Negrelli Viaduct in Prague was build 1846 - 1849, opned 1850. This railway bridge with its 1110 m was the longest bridge in Europe until 1910. Supplier was firm Klein brothers and Adalbert Lanny. Construction costs amounted to one and a half million guilders. "