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Alois Negrelli

Austrian engineer and pioneer in road and bridge construction in Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Designer of the Suez Canal.
Born on	23 January 1799
in	Primiero, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Deceased on	1 October 1858
in	Vienna, Austria

Negrelli's grave at the central cemetery in Vienna

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Biography

1850

Knighted by the Austrian emperor. He chooses the title "von Moldelbe" (combining the river names Moldau and Elbe) as his title of nobility. This caused quite a stir as it put emphasis on his Bohemian heritage.

Participation in the following structures
Role, name of structure (year of completion)		Structure part
Designer
	Negreliho viadukt (1849)
Engineer
	Gschwendtobel-Brücke

Participation in the following large-scale projects
Role, name of project (year of completion)		Structure part
Engineer
	Suez Canal (1871)

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	Wikipedia: Alois Negrelli von Moldelbe

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