István Türr
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István Türr was a Hungarian soldier, revolutionary, canal architect and engineer, remembered in Italy for his role in that country's unification and his association with Garibaldi. In the later years
Portrait by József Borsos, 1870s
General István Türr in Palermo, during the 1860 Expedition of the Thousand (photo by Gustave Le Gray).
The 42-year-old István Türr at the time of his return to Hungary (drawing by Károly Rusz, 22 September 1867)
Türr plaque at the Bajá Museum
Corinth Canal
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The Corinth Canal is a canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. Completed in 1893, it cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and
István Türr
…of workers to disease at Panama. After 1881, Türr and Gerster were involved with the Greek Government's major project of planning and implementing the Corinth Canal, a project that gained considerable international attention. In his 1883 travel book, "To the Gold Coast for Gold", Richard Francis Burton mentioned…
Corinth Canal in Greece
Remains of Nero's canal project in 1881
Monument at the Corinth Canal remembering the architects
Share of the company Canal Maritime de Corinthe, issued 1882