Johann Brotan
Johann Brotan (born June 24, 1843 in Klattau , † November 20, 1918 in Vienna ) was an Austrian mechanical engineer.
Johann Brotan studied at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna .
He worked at the State Telegraph Construction Company , the Theiss Railway Company , the Hungarian Eastern Railway and the Lemberg-Chernivtsi-Jassy Railway before joining the kkStB in 1890 . In 1893 he worked as an engineer in the train transport service of the K. k. Employed by the Villach Railway Operations Directorate . In 1902 he became director of the kkStB workshop in Gmünd , and later the workshop at Vienna's Westbahnhof . He retired in 1912.
He became known through the invention of a Lokomotiv -Röhrenfeuerbüchse ( Brotankessel ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Self-published by KK Österreichische Staatsbahnen: Almanac for the personnel of the KK Österreichische Staatsbahnen per 1893 . Vienna, page 245
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| SURNAME | Brotan, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mechanical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klattau |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1918 |
| Place of death | Vienna |