The name Carl Ghega is closely associated with the construction of the Semmering railway line. What is less well known is that the road and railway builder also spent crucial years of his professional life in Tyrol.
Among other things, Ghega planned the sensational road through the Valsugana around 1841 and was appointed as an expert for the road from Meran to Vinschgau as well as for the Finstermünzer road. From 1853 to 1859, he was the client for the “k. k. Nordtiroler Staatseisenbahn von Innsbruck bis an die bayerische Gränze nächst Kufstein” and in 1858 acted as troubleshooter for the delayed k. k. Südtiroler Staatseisenbahn from Verona to Bozen and was also the delegate of the Minister of Trade for the sale of the Tyrolean lines to the private Südbahn-Gesellschaft.
These and other aspects will be discussed in the lecture.