The story of Zhan Tianyou's railway construction. (Simple)

The Zhan Tianyou Xiujing-Zhangjiang Railway adopts the north and south ends to simultaneously excavate the midpoint of the tunnel. But the tunnel is too long, and then two vertical shafts are dug in the middle, which can be dug in the opposite direction, so that six working faces can be carried out at the same time.

Using the principle of "broken line", he built a zigzag route to reduce the climbing degree and used two trolleys to cross it. At the beginning of the railway construction, there was a derailment of carriages.

Zhan Tianyou thought of a way: add an automatic hook invented by American Jenny to each car, so that it can be combined into a solid whole to ensure the safety when climbing.

Building a railway near Beijing often requires an unexpected "price". The railway passes through the grave of a former Taoist priest, who is a relative of the royal family and has influence in both the government and the public. This person led the masses to make trouble, stopped the project, privately promised to pay heavily bribes and demanded diversion.

However, the north, south and west are cemeteries of dignitaries, and I don't know how much waste will be caused by the big diversion. Zhan Tianyou endured humiliation, spent a lot of time dealing with powerful people, and finally let the railway pass through the tomb wall.

But in order to maintain "Feng Shui", we promised to build another river, send officials to burn incense and sacrifice, and then erect a monument to commemorate it after the road is completed. Engineers were outraged, but Zhan Tianyou said that as long as the railway can be repaired, other minor things can be tolerated.

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Commemoration of future generations

Tian Youjie Civil Engineering Award

Zhan Tianyou Science and Technology Development Foundation was established on the basis of Zhan Tianyou Railway Science and Technology Development Fund of China Science and Technology Development Foundation and according to the requirements of the newly promulgated Regulations on Foundation Management. The Foundation is a non-profit non-governmental organization engaged in social welfare activities and an independent legal entity. The foundation implements a dual management system. The competent business unit is the Ministry of Railways, and the registration authority is the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which is responsible for holding the Zhan Tianyou Railway Science and Technology Award.

Zhan Tianyou Railway Science and Technology Award (referred to as Zhan Tianyou Award) aims to commend and reward scientific and technical personnel who have made outstanding contributions in the field of railway science and technology, and promote scientific and technological innovation and the growth of outstanding talents.

Encouraging scientific and technological personnel to study hard, innovate constantly and climb the peak of science and technology bravely, and making contributions to promoting the construction of harmonious railways and realizing sound and rapid economic and social development, has become an important and beneficial supplement to national science and technology awards. Since the establishment of 1993, this award has been held every two years and has been selected for ten times. * * * 1 165 people were awarded, including 6 12 special prizes.

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