Open AccessEngineer A.A. Abrahamson’s 1904 Project
Author(s) -
L. S. Perelyhina,
S. V. Shvydka
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ìstorìâ nauki ì tehnìki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2415-7430
pISSN - 2415-7422
DOI - 10.32703/2415-7422-2016-6-8-28-38
Subject(s) - engineering , work (physics) , management , mechanical engineering , economics
The article discusses the unjustly forgotten work of transportation engineer A.A. Abrahamson, the designer of the Kyiv funicular, which was built in 1905. To design separate units of the elevating mechanism A.A. Abrahamson invited as collaborators such then well known specialists as mining engineer A.E. Straus, engineer-colonel V.V. Pusheshnikov, and transportation engineers M.K. Piatnytsky and O.O. Baryshnykov. However, when a memorial plaque was unveiled on the upper station of the funicular in 2012, it listed as designers only M.K. Piatnytsky and O.O. Baryshnykov. In proving the authorship of A.A. Abrahamson, the authors used the materials from the private archival collection of M.V. Kushchenko, which is being introduced for the first time as a research source.