Carl Ritter von Ghega
Carl Ritter von Ghega (* 10 January 1802 when Carlo Ghega in Venice, † March 14 1860 in Vienna) was an Austrian engineer and builder of the Semmering Railway of Gloggnitz to Mürzzuschlag.
Life
Carlo Ghega was born to Albanian parents in Venice. Originally it was like his father be a naval officer, however, showed early on that his mathematical talent was greater than his love for the sea. After the visit of the Imperial Military College, he went with 15 years to study at the University of Padua, where he already received his diploma as an engineer and architect after a year and a year later, at 17 years, a PhD in mathematics.
His engineering career began with road and hydraulic structures in Veneto. Among other things, he worked on the construction of the " Strada d' Alemagna ", the road from Treviso to Cortina d' Ampezzo, with. Already in 1833 he published his first textbook. In the period 1836-1840 he was a construction manager for this segment of Lundenburg to Brno, the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway. During this time (1836-1837) he also studied the railway system in England and other European countries. In 1842 was Ghega overall planning of future head the southern state railway, which is why he, a study trip to the U.S. that same year undertook to study the local mountain railways. The knowledge gained on this trip were included not only in the planning and construction of the Semmering Railway, but also in two publications. Ghega publish most of his writings parallel to the German in the identical Italian and French editions.
After his return to the State Railways, he was commissioned with the planning for the construction of the railway line to the south, of Gloggnitz about Miirzzuschlag and Graz to Trieste. The railway crossing of the Semmering was regarded by many of his contemporaries as technically complicated to not possible '. But in 1844 he presented a plan for overcoming the Semmering, which provided for the operation with normal locomotives, waiving racks or the cable plane operation. Even before the building was ever decided Ghega began the construction of locomotives advance that can overcome such gradients. Construction of the Semmering railway was 1848. Prior to the completion of Engineering in 1854 was elevated to knighthood ( 1851). Carl Ritter von Ghega designed a rail network for the whole Habsburg Monarchy in the years 1853/1854 and was commissioned in the following years, with the design for railways in Transylvania, but he could project no longer lead to the end because it is already 1860 in Vienna died of pulmonary consumption. 1858, the last railway was privatized in the Danube monarchy, half a year later, the department Ghegas was dissolved. Being in public life was largely unknown material for five novels and numerous myths.
Honors
- Honorary citizen of Trieste ( 1857)
Appreciation
- Grave of honor in Vienna's central cemetery
- His likeness is printed on the front of the 20 - shilling bill of 1967.
- Ghegadenkmal in Semmering railway station
- Designation of Ghegastraße in the 3rd district of Vienna
- Designation of Ghegastraße in Marchtrenk
- Designation of Ghegagasse in the 4th district of Graz
- In 2012 appears a special stamp of the Austrian Post to 210th Birthday
Writings
- The Baltimore - Ohio Railroad across the Alleghany mountains with special consideration of the slope and curvature conditions. - Vienna: Kaulfuß Prandel, 1844
- Dell ' Ottanto a diottra: Stromento geodetico by tracciare in pianta l' andamento delle curve circolari. - Venice: Merlo, 1833
- Picturesque Atlas of the railway over the Semmering. - Vienna: Gerold, 1854 Vol 1: Text
- Vol 2: Atlas