Pietro Caminada
Pietro Caminada (born May 20, 1862 in Milan , † January 20, 1923 in Rome ) was an Italian engineer with Swiss roots.
life and work
Caminada was a son of from graubuendenCULTURE innovative Vrin emigrated Gion Antoni Caminada and Maria Turconi from Milan.
In the 1890s, Caminada made a name for himself in Rio de Janeiro as an engineer and urban planner. There he suggested the construction of the tram over the Arcos de Lapa and redesigned the port facility . He also drew up the first plans for the Brazilian capital Brasília .
Caminada returned to Italy around 1907 and caused a stir internationally with a major project: he planned a gigantic shipping route from Genoa via the Apennines and the Alps to Lake Constance . The project was never implemented for financial reasons.
Fonts
- Canaux de montagne - Nouveau système de natural transport par voie d'eau. Rome 1907.
literature
- Matthias Daum: Splügen is by the sea . In: The time . No. 31/2015 . Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius, July 30, 2015, ISSN 0044-2070 .
- Andreas Teuscher: Switzerland by the Sea - Plans for the “Central Harbor” of Europe including the crossing of the Alps in the 20th century . Limmat Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-85791-740-0 .
- Kurt Wanner: Pietro Caminada and his “via d'acqua transalpina” - a little-known chapter in the history of the Splügen Pass. In: Bündner Monatsblatt , 2/2005.
See also
Web links
- Mare Online: The Grand Canal Transalpino
- Die ZEIT 31/2015: major Swiss projects. Splügen is by the sea
- New York Times: Project for a waterway across the alps
- U.S. Patent 955,317: Tubular Inclined Ship Lock.
Individual evidence
- ^ Kurt Wanner: Pietro Caminada and his "via d'acqua transalpina". In: Bündner Monatsblatt , 2/2005, pp. 111–112
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caminada, Pietro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1923 |
| Place of death | Rome |