Engineering
Ernest Malinowski
1818 - 1899 · Engineer · b. in Seweryny
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Polish civil engineer (1818-1899)
Adam Stanisław Hipolit Ernest Nepomucen Malinowski was a Polish civil engineer best known for constructing the world's highest railway at the time, the Ferrovias Central, in the Peruvian Andes between 1871-1876. He participated in the Battle of Callao in 1866 and was also a corresponding member of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil Society in Switzerland.
Key achievements
- 01Designed the Transandine Central Railway in Peru
- 02Built mountain railways of record-breaking altitude
- 03Defended Callao in 1866
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