!!!Francesconi, Hermenegild von b. Cordignano (Italy), Oct. 9, 1795, d. Sacile (Italy), June 8, 1862, railway engineer. In 1836 supervised the construction of the Railway, Northern and became general manager of the state-run railways in 1842. F. compiled the programme for establishing the Austrian network of railways (including the Semmering Railway). !Literature OeBL, NDB. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Francesconi,_Hermenegild_von|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]