Zhan Tianyou, a patriotic engineer, 186 1 (March of the lunar calendar 17), was born in Nanhai County, Guangdong Province. Father Zhan Hongyuan was a tea merchant, went bankrupt due to the invasion of British and French imperialism, and had to rely on farming to support his family. ?
Zhan Tianyou heard many stories of resisting British and French aggression from adults when he was young, and he also saw the corruption and incompetence of the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, which sowed patriotic seeds in his young mind. When Zhan Tianyou was seven or eight years old, he was sent to a private school to study. But he is not interested in the four books and five classics, and likes to fiddle with some machinery.
2. Dedicated to the railway
1888, Zhan Tianyou went north to Tianjin at the invitation of Mou to become a railway engineer. He was very excited. From then on, he decided to devote himself to the railway industry, serve the country and win glory for the country. One of his wishes is that the railways in China should be built by China people themselves. ?
When passing through Shanghai, Zhan Tianyou made a special trip to Wusong to mourn the ruins of the Songhu Railway. She thought that this behemoth's locomotive, smoking a cigarette, dragged a long dragon to rumble, "destroyed the feng shui of the Qing Dynasty", so she ordered to buy it back from the British with 182000 silver, tear down all the locomotives and tracks, and transport it to Taiwan Province Province to sink into the puppy lake. How stupid and disgusting.
3. Build the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway?
After Zhan Tianyou arrived at China Railway Corporation, he successively participated in the construction of Tangxu light rail and Shanhaiguan internal and external railways, but the power to build roads was in the hands of foreign engineers. Zhan Tianyou always goes deep into the construction site and organizes workers to carry out on-site construction. It was not until May 1905 that the Qing government ordered the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. Zhan Tianyou was appointed as the chief engineer and general manager. The day has finally come when China people build their own railways. ?
The Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway is a channel to communicate with the northwest. It can not only exchange fur, camel hair, cattle and sheep from the northwest with tea, silk and paper from the mainland, but also is very important for guarding northern Xinjiang. The benefits of repairing the railway have already appeared. It is not only convenient for Jetta, but also can make a lot of money. ?
4. Tangshan Railway
From 65438 to 0888, Zhan Tianyou was recommended by his old classmate Mou to be an engineer in China Railway Company. Zhan Tianyou personally visited the construction site and shared weal and woe with the workers, which lasted more than 70 days and was completed and opened to traffic. Tangshan Railway is located in the east of Tangshan Mine 1 No.3 well in Kailuan Coal Mine. A railway passes through a culvert with a history of hundreds of years, and passes under Xinhua Road, the main road in Tangshan city, with a total length of12km.