The railway age · Railway
1,945 workers, men and women, on the section from Myloi
6 November 1889 (25 October 1889 old style) Proven
A report to the minister counted 96 engineers and overseers, 106 assistants and guards, and 1,945 navvies, miners and labourers, 'men and women', on the section starting at Myloi. Seven kilometres of track had been laid, six station buildings were going up and the telegraph worked along the whole line.
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- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- Special report nr. 65 «Περί των εκτελεσθέντων εργασιών του σιδηροδρόμου Μύλων-Καλαμών», state of 25-10-1889, p. 153 Open (opens in a new tab)
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