Ατμοκίνηση στην Ελλάδα του 19ου αιώνα: οι ατμάμαξες των ελληνικών σιδηροδρόμων (1868-1909)

Abstract

This PhD dissertation studies the history of steam locomotives purchased and used by the Greek railway companies in the period 1868-1909, that is the period between the start and completion of the Greek railroad network construction.It explores the types and quality of these locomotives, their tracking effort and the countries they were imported from. From these findings, the dissertation searches whether a specific technological style (by purchase and use) emerges in the Greek railroad system, in both the companies and in national scale.Finally, it examines whether the choices of the Greek companies were reasonable, whether the use of the locomotives was the proper one, and places the Greek practice in the international, especially the European, railway context of the era.