E. Malinowski
In the nineteenth century came to Peru two Polish engineers who left works to date remain.
The first was Ernest Malinowski, who was born in 1808 in Podolia, Poland, the son of a noble family. In 1831 he left his country and goes to France, where he began his studies as a civil engineer in 1834, after completion in 1845 entered the service of Bridges and Roadways French, gaining valuable experience in industrial Europe. In 1852 he was hired by the government of Peru for a series of works, so that the year 1865 arrives and the days of the war with Spain, a situation in which José Gálvez charged with the conduct of defensive works in Callao, demonstrated its qualities work on May 2, 1866, when it was rejected by Admiral Méndez Núñez flora after a bout 5 hours.
In 1869 he was in charge of preliminary studies of the railway in the Andes, he built up the Oroya over 222 km, passing through tunnels, viaducts, elevated ridge with the highest point at 5356 meters, being Opened in January 1870 by the American entrepreneur Henry Meiggs. He also participated in construction projects of railways Pacasmayo to Cajamarca to Huaraz and Chimbote. Raimondi also met, collaborating with his work "The department of Ancachs and mineral wealth "(1873) evaluating the possibilities of a railroad in Ancash.
was a friend of Manuel Pardo and near the Civil Party, left Peru in 1880 due to Ecuador for six years for political and civilian membership participating in this season in the implementation of the Guayaquil-Quito Railway. Back to the country, was elected president of the Industrial Technical Institute and 1889 during the absence of his compatriot Eduardo Habich, was director of the School of Civil Construction and Mining , belonging also an active member and founding partner of the Geographical Society of Lima. He died in Lima in 1899.
E. Habich
Eduardo de Habich (Edward Jan Habich) was born in Warsaw on January 31, 1835. his parents were Ludwik Matylda Habich and Mauersberger, from Germany. Login to the Artillery School in St. Petersburg, taking part in the actions of the Crimean War and the construction of the array of Kiev (Ukraine).
In 1858 he retired from the Army and moved to Paris where he studied at the School of Bridges and Roads graduating as an engineer and mathematician. In 1869 by Ernesto Malinowski management signed a contract with the government of Jose Balta to run hydraulic engineering works, working on repairs La Oroya Railroad. In 1872 he renewed the contract and travels to Europe to meet other professionals in order to establish an engineering school, hiring Folkierski Ladislao (and demanding professor at the University of San Marcos in the Faculty of Medicine), Alejandro Babinski (who 1875 was commissioned to develop plans and drainage from the mines of Cerro de Pasco), Francisco J. Wakulski (for the construction of railways) and other professionals.
In 1876 he founded the School of Engineering (now the National Engineering University), having previously served at the university in San Marcos. The School of Civil Construction and Mining, as it was called, began to function modestly in a part of the old local Convictorio of San Carlos, which belonged to the University of San Marcos (currently the site of the Casona de San Marcos), as a separate entity. He was also founder of the Geographical Society of Lima, died in Lima on October 31, 1909 ..
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