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Carl Roman Abt

Carl Roman Abt

Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor
Carl Roman Abt was a Swiss mechanical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He made groundbreaking innovations in rack-and-pinion railways, giving his name to one of the most widely used systems developed for mountain railways, the Abt rack system.... Wikipedia
Born: July 16, 1850, Bünzen, Switzerland
Died: May 1, 1933 (age 82 years), Lucerne, Switzerland
Significant design: Funicular automatic turnout, Rack railway systems