R%C5%BEiha, Franz von#

Ržiha, Franz von, b. Lipová, Czech Republic (then Spensdorf), March 28, 1831, d. Semmering (Lower Austria), June 22, 1897, engineer, pioneer in tunnel construction. In the service of the Duchy of Brunswick developed a new method of tunnel construction in 1861, using a steel structure instead of the usual wooden frame. From 1878 professor of railway and tunnel construction at the University of Technology in Vienna.

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