!!!Ghega, Karl Ritter von

Ghega, Karl, Ritter* von, b. Venice (Italy), Jan. 10, 1802, 
d. Vienna, March 14, 1860, engineer. Constructed the  Semmering 
Railway. Doctoral degree at the age of 18 in Padua, supervised the 
construction of parts of the  Railway, Northern  (northern railway) 
from 1836-1840, in 1836/37 in England and 1842 in the USA to study 
railway technology, after his return in the service of the national 
railway, in charge of extending the southern and south-eastern lines. 
In 1848 he proposed an adhesion railway to cross the Semmering 
mountain and furthered the construction of the necessary locomotives. 
The difficult process of construction was completed in spite of 
protests and the line was opened in 1854, making Austria a pioneer in 
the construction of alpine railways on long, steep escarpments. In 
1850 G. became chairman of the general building administration of the 
national railways and was awarded the title of Ritter*. In 1855-1857 
G. built the last part of the Suedbahn (southern railway) from 
Ljubljana to Trieste.

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Work: Malerischer Atlas der Eisenbahn ueber den Semmering, 1854 
(reprint 1998).

!Literature
A. Niel, C. v. G., 1977; Die Eroberung der 
Landschaft, exhibition guide, Gloggnitz 1992; NOeB; OeBL.



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