Talk:Ernest Malinowski

1. Ernest Malinowski


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Ernest Malinowski

Adam Stanisław Hipolit Ernest Nepomucen Malinowski (born January 5, 1818 in Seweryny (Podolia), Poland - died March 2, 1899 in Lima, Peru) was a Polish engineer.

1. 1. Biography

He was born in 1818 in Podolia (currently, in the north of Ukraine). Son of the Polish aristocrat Jakub Malinowski of Ślepowron and Anna Świeykowska from Kołodno, daughter of the Podolian governor. His father, a member of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw, participated in several uprisings for Polish independence.

He studied his primary education at the Lyceum in Krzemieniec and after the exile of his family to France, at Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. After completing his studies, he entered, in 1834, École polytechnique and later, in 1836, École des Ponts et Chaussées.

Malinowski constructed the world's highest railroad in that time, Ferrocarril Central del Peru (Andes), in 1871-1876.

1. 1. His masterpiece

In 1859 he presented, to the Peruvian government, a very brave plan for the construction of a railroad line that connected the Pacific coast (port of Callao) with the plentiful resources of the internal part of the country (La Oroya mines). The main railroad of Peru is considered as a marvel of the engineering - wonderfully designed, the world's highest railroad. This railway has 218 kilometers running at the height above 2000 m (6.500 feet). It goes up from sea level in the Callao to a height of 15.806 feet (Ticlio pass) through zigzags and a lot of double zigzags. There are about 100 tunnels (almost 4 miles of total length) and the bridges, some of which are major feats of engineering (one of the bridges is a 230 feet high). It is hard to imagine how this job could have been achieved with relatively primitive construction equipment, at great altitude and with obstacles like mountainous terrain.

He died in 1899 and his remains were buried at Cementerio Presbítero Maestro, where the president José Pardo y Barreda built him a mausoleum.

1. 1. External links

 * Ernest Malinowski: Railroad in the clouds (in English)