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Richard Fontaine Maury (Philadelphia, 18 December 1882 - Córdoba, 10 July 1950) was an American railway engineer naturalized Argentine, famous for the project of the Argentine "Ramal C-14" of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano, better known for the touristic ''Tren a las Nubes''.〔 (Biography of Richard Maury )〕 ==Biography== Son of Thompson Brooke Maury,〔 Richard Maury was born in Philadelphia in 1882, as the second of four brothers.〔 He graduated as engineer in 1902 and his first work was on the Pennsylvania Tunnel New York City-New Jersey.〔 In 1906 he arrived in Argentina to enter, one year later, in the ''Argentine State Railway'', the national railway company of the country.〔 He married Carmen Rosa Pauna〔〔 and had one child, Ricardo Juan.〔〔 In 1921 was dediced to build the "Ramal C-14" Salta-Socompa, to Chilean borders and, by an executive decree Maury, considered an expert in the choice of mountainous paths for railways and roads, was appointed head of the works, where he worked until 1931. On July 12, 1928 he was appointed honorary professor at the National University of Tucumán, where he also published, in 1929, his ''Manual para el trazado de ferrocarriles'' (i.e. "Manual for the railway tracks").〔(''Manual para el trazado de ferrocarriles'' ) on Google Books〕 In 1944 he was declared the first honorary member of the Engineering Center of Tucumán.〔 Maury is also known for his work on the Transandine Railway from Mendoza to Las Cuevas, on the road from Acheral to Tafi del Valle, and for the railway line Yacuíba-Santa Cruz-Sucre, in Bolivia.〔 Richard Maury died in Córdoba in 1950 and, since 1957, his remains are buried at the foot of a monument dedicated to him in the station of Campo Quijano,〔(Bust of Richard Maury and monolith ) on Panoramio〕 a town near Salta on the Salta–Antofagasta railway.〔 A little village and its station, part of this line and originally named "Damián M. Torino",〔(Salta-Socompa: 1948 timetable )〕 were renamed "Ingeniero Maury" (Engineer Maury) after him.〔 (Ingeniero Maury page ) on Salta Province website〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Maury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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