The railway age · Harbour and pier · Railway
The pier is too shallow: the railway must extend it
23 February 1898 (11 February 1898 old style) Proven
A contract of 1898 for the last section of the line obliged the ΣΠΑΠ (article 9) 'to extend the pier of the harbour of Myloi of Nafplio to a depth of three metres'. So there was a pier, but it did not reach deep enough water. In the debates the engineer and MP N. Schinas called it 'this much-plagued railway Myloi–Kalamata'.
Note: The contract of 11 February 1898 (old style) was ratified by law ΒΦΝΓ΄ of 19 March 1898 (old style).
- Where
- The pier and harbour
- Threads
- Harbour and pier, Railway
- Certainty
- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- Bill «Σχέδιον νόμου περὶ ἐκτελεστέων ἔργων … ἐν τῷ λιμένι τοῦ Ναυπλίου … πρὸς ἀντικατάστασιν τῶν ἔργων διὰ τὴν προέκτασιν τῆς ἀποβάθρας Μύλων», submitted 22-3-1900 (o.s.), pp. 543–545, annex nr. 208 Open (opens in a new tab)
- Ἐφημερὶς τῶν Συζητήσεων τῆς Βουλῆς, sittings of 24 February – 19 March 1898 (o.s.); cited in Dossier Myloi R4, LOGBOEK P9
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