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A construção da rede ferroviária do Minho : (1845-1892)

In the second half of the nineteenth century, after 30 years of political turmoil, Portugal was finally able to build transport infrastructures on a large scale. The first rails were deployed in 1852, but it was not until 1867 that railways in Minho were decreed, even though this idea had been proposed to the government since the 1850s. However, only in the 1870s did construction actually begin. Based on the de...

O Banco Popular Português do Porto

In the midst of the First World War, an entrepreneur in Porto decided to create a new bank, a different bank that should fill in a void in the Portuguese financing system, a popular bank. Emulating what was being done in Central Europe this popular bank had one great objective: to lend money to those who normally couldn't afford to borrow money. Unfortunately, the good intentions of those investors went up in s...

As políticas ferroviárias ibéricas (1845-1860)

Portugal and Spain started to invest in railways about 15 years after other countries in Europe did the same. The strategies pursued by both these countries were rather different. Whereas Spain tried to create a legal framework wide enough to compass all the details of construction, Portugal opted for a more flexible approach, which could adapt to specific contexts. Comparing the Spanish bibliography about thes...

As viagens ferroviárias em Portugal (1845-1896)

Between 1852 and 1893 more than two thousand kilometres of railway were built in Portugal, changing the way people travelled across the Kingdom. Before that, travel only took place by river, by sea along the coast or by land where the lack of obstacles allowed it. This new form of transportation shortened distances and thus gave Portuguese travellers more time. Based on contemporary parliamentary debates, the t...

A política ferroviária nacional (1845-1899)

Caminhos-de-ferro nos debates parlamentares : (1845-1860)

A presente investigação debruça-se sobre a oratória parlamentar desenvolvida na Câmara dos Deputados da Nação Portuguesa, em torno da instalação de caminhos-de-ferro em Portugal, sobretudo desde a discussão do contrato com a Companhia das Obras Públicas de Portugal para a construção de uma via férrea entre Lisboa e Espanha (1845) até à apresentação do acordo com D. José de Salamanca para a edificação das linhas...