Construction of the Trans-Caspian Railway (Central Asian Railway): laying the track. Begun in 1879, in 1888 it reached Smarkand, and in 1898 it extended to Tashkent and Andijan. Built by the Russians. From 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse', Paris, 1888. Engraving

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Keywords: 19th, century, civil, engineering, rail, russia, transport, workers, working