Carl Abraham Pihl

Carl Abraham Pihl (born January 16 1825 in Stavanger, Norway, died September 14, 1897) in 1865) became Norway's first railroad engineer and director. 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (2005) Leif Johan Sevland Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Pihl studied engineering at the Chalmers Institute (now Chalmers University of Technology) in Göteborg then went in the 1840s to England. There he gained practical experience with Robert Stephenson and later worked for Peter Bruff on a railroad project in eastern England. In 1850 he returned to Norway and worked with Stephenson on construction of the Hovedbanen from Christiania (today Oslo) to Eidsvoll wihich opened in 1854. After the opening of the line, he returned to England, where he worked on both railroad and harbour projects, especially in Wales. Upon returning to Norway in 1856 during the Crimean War, he become the first managing engineer of Norway's Railway Construction Bureau. In 1883 Pihl became the first Director of the newly formed Norwegischen Staatsbahnen or Norwegian state railway. Chalmers University of Technology or Chalmers tekniska högskola (CTH), often Chalmers, is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden that focuses on research and edication in technology, natural science and architecture. ... Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg  listen? ) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ... Statue of Robert Stephenson at Euston Station, London Robert Stephenson FRS (October 16, 1803–October 12, 1859) was an English civil engineer. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... County Akershus Landscape Romerike Municipality NO-0237 Administrative centre Sundet Mayor (2005) Arild Sandahl (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 222 457 km² 385 km² 0. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Second French Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia Imperial Russia Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Depiction of the first trial run of the rails, in 1853

External links

• Norwegian Railroad History (German)
• CAP-Spur in Japan (with biographic sketch of Pihl)