Armenian specialists for the Lerna bridge foundations

December 1889 Probable

According to a 2015 thesis on the station, specialised Armenian workers were brought in during December 1889 to lay the foundations of the railway bridge over the Lerna marsh.

Note: Not found in the contemporary press (286 newspaper issues of 1889–1890 searched); the only source is Roussou 2015.

Where

Lake and marsh of Lerna

Threads

Railway

Certainty

Probable likely, but not fully proven

Sources

• E. Roussou, Αποκατάσταση & επανάχρηση του σιδηροδρομικού σταθμού των Μύλων Αργολίδος (diploma thesis, Democritus University of Thrace, 2015), as used on site/src/content/railway.json

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