Early Russian railways

[Thande]

Can anyone (i.e. Doctor What) help me find any information on the earliest railways built in Russia?

Steamboat transport, which I believe started in the 1840s there, would also be useful.

[Dan1988]

Voilà. Naz drovye!

[Thande]

Originally Posted by Dan1988

Voilà. Naz drovye!

Spasiba, Gospodin Dan

Pity it's mostly in Russian, but I can't really complain about that...

[Thande]

I found this on the Infallible-ski Wikipediavich...

В 1763 году русский инженер И. И. Ползунов представил проект парового двигателя для подачи воздуха в плавильные печи. Паровая машина Ползунова имела мощность 40 лошадиных сил.

As far as I understand Russian, that means that in 1763 a Russian inventor called I. I. Polzunov invented something to do with steam engines, but I'm not quite sure fo the details? (Any assistance, polyglots?)

[Communist Wizard]

Originally Posted by Thande

I found this on the Infallible-ski Wikipediavich...



As far as I understand Russian, that means that in 1763 a Russian inventor called I. I. Polzunov invented something to do with steam engines, but I'm not quite sure fo the details? (Any assistance, polyglots?)

Ah, I speak Russian!
In 1763, a Russian engineer named I.I. Polzunov showed his steam engine for moving/giving air to the.. melting ovens?
I'm not a good tech guy...

[Dan1988]

Originally Posted by Communist Wizard

Ah, I speak Russian!

Good. I'm recruiting you for a project I'm working on, alongside Leo and Abdul. Check your PM box very soon.

[Dan1988]

O and re the "melting ovens" - it could be an idiomatic expression to refer to the boiler used for steam engines.

[freodhoric]

"melting ovens" = blast furnace

That's my best guess.

Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moira_Furnace

When the furnace was fired the steam engine blower, now gone, forced a continuous blast of air into the bottom of the furnace in order to make the coke burn brighter and raise the temperature inside high enough to melt the iron (1538 C, 2800 °F). The hot gases exhausted from the low chimney at the top of the furnace. When ready, the molten iron was tapped from the bottom of the furnace and run into moulds to produce pig iron.

[Grey Wolf]

There may be a thread here already about Russian industrialisation or somesuch in which I dug up a load of info on Russian railways

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

[Communist Wizard]

Yes, blast furnace is it!

[Doctor Haider]

Good day/night!

The translation: In the year 1763 the Russian engineer I.I. Polzunov publicized his project of a steam engine for pumping air into iron-melting furnaces. The Polzunov's steam engine had the 40 p.h. of power.

As for the railways the first one was built in 1837 between the St.Petersbug and the Tzarskoye Selo mainly for entertaining purposes. The first practical railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow was finished in 1851. Short railways were built on big factories prior the 1837.

The good English text: http://www.fink.com/papers/russia.html

[Thande]

Originally Posted by Doctor Haider

Good day/night!

The translation: In the year 1763 the Russian engineer I.I. Polzunov publicized his project of a steam engine for pumping air into iron-melting furnaces. The Polzunov's steam engine had the 40 p.h. of power.

Thanks. I can use that.