Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy, and later of Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain. There were also formal links with the Austrian and Danish systems. The first TEE trains were diesel multiple units built in Amsterdam [...] for international rail travel and the network of fast, comfortable, high-capacity trains that now links European cities has grown from he seeds he planted in the 1950s.

United States and China, and had outlets in 37 countries by 2009. He designed for films, and had links with pop music through Eric Clapton (b 1945) and through designing costumes for Lady Gaga. He also [...] United States and China, and had outlets in 37 countries by 2009. He designed for films, and had links with pop music through Eric Clapton (b 1945) and through designing costumes for Lady Gaga. He also

another country and in other industries. At the age of 21 he moved to Göteberg where his family had links with the timber trade, and in 1828-29 set up a mill spinning flax and hemp, trades well-established

Leisure pursuits, links with sporting stars and the cult of celebrity and powerful brand names are characteristics of some twenty-first century industries. The careers of Adolf Dassler and his brother

Canal. He was engineer from 1815 to the Holyhead Road Commission, and greatly improved the principal link between London and Dublin, which included numerous bridges, among them the innovatory suspension bridge

canal at the West India Docks in London into a third dock. In 1862 he was engineer for the canal that links Amsterdam to the North Sea, and the following gave significant advice on the construction of the Suez

including lines laid in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean by the Italian government from 1887, and the link between Spain and the Balearic Islands laid in 1888. In 1896 he opened a purpose-built plant at La

printing on cotton cloth. He built a hydroelectric plan in 1877 and an electric-powered railway to link the factories. As Forssa was a new settlement, he provided houses, a school, a health centre, a library

train people in the skills necessary for railway building and industrial development. The north-south link across the Alps through the 15-kilometre Gotthard tunnel was a major achievement – when it opened

well into the 20th century. The most celebrated was Das Kapital, published in 1867. He maintained links with revolutionaries in many countries, particularly through the First International, formed in 1864

at the Ministry of Culture in 1984. He actively promoted research at the EHESS where he developed links with Francophone communities in other parts of the world, particularly with Quebec. He was president

the purpose. He built a new commercial harbour at Gutuevsky Island in St Petersburg and a railway to link his factories to the docks. Connected to this, he began a major project for the 30-km Morskoy ship

pioneer George Stephenson. In 1834 he was appointed as the engineer of the Ludwig Railway for 6 km to link the important commercial centres of Nuremberg and Fürth in Bavaria. Completed the following year,

between Fenny Compton and Stratford-upon-Avon in the English Midlands. Crampton always maintained his links with his native Broadstairs. In 1851 he established, financed and built the town’s gasworks, and in

General from 1862 for 20 years. In 1845 he was asked to undertake studies for the proposed canal to link the Mediterranean and the Red Sea through Suez and came to the crucial conclusion that the two seas

museum’s displays include one that tells the story of slave labour under the Nazi regime, and of its links with factories in Wiener Neustadt. Karl Flanner was a member of the board of trustees of DÖW, the

career began in 1790 when he was appointed surveyor to the proposed Kennet and Avon Canal, which was to link London with Bristol by a new waterway some 90 km long. Numerous canal projects followed, including

museum at the latter. William Wilkinson met his brother at Namur in 1782. John Wilkinson had many links with the continental Europe, and supplied steam engine cylinders and cast-iron pipes for the Paris

Dudley, in 1712. He had regularly purchased iron from forges in the nearby Stour Valley, and had other links with the West Midlands through his Baptist faith. There is a working replica of the engine in the

horse-powered factory, although it may not have operated until 1772. From 1770 he developed financial links with Jedediah Strutt (1726-97) and Samuel Need. On 1 August 1771 he leased premises at Cromford, where