Negrelli, Alois, von Moldelbe#

b. Primiero (Italy), Jan. 23, 1799, d. Vienna, Oct. 1, 1858, civil engineer, specialised in railway construction, hydraulic engineering, and road building. 1832-1840 constructed bridges and railways in Switzerland (including the first railway track between Zurich and Baden), from 1840 worked in Austria, built parts of the Nordbahn railway; 1848 director of the Railway Construction Department at the Ministry of Labour, 1849 became managing director of the Principal Construction Authority in Lombardy-Veneto and 1856 general director of the Austrian Railway Services. Contributed decisively to railway construction in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Switzerland, in Wuerttemberg and Saxony, and 1846-1856 drew up the plans for the Suez Canal, which was built by the French engineer F. Lesseps and opened in 1869.

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