About Jess Julius Engelstad
Lived 1822 – 1896 (aged 73–74). Jess Julius Engelstad was a Norwegian engineer.
Jess Julius Engelstad (1822 – 1896) was a Norwegian engineer and railroad administrator.
Engelstad was born in Christiania as the son of customs surveyor Christopher Engelstad (1786–1835). He was the grandfather of museum director Eivind Stenersen Engelstad (1900–1969).
An engineer by education, Engelstad oversaw the construction of numerous bridges during the 1850s, including Nygårdsbroen, Sarpebrua and Fossum Bridge. From 1859 to 1896 he was the manager of the Hoved Line, the first railway line in Norway. He was also a director of traffic in the Norwegian State Railways from 1883 to 1989.
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Norwegian engineer (1822–1896)
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Jess Julius Engelstad was born in 1822.
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Jess Julius Engelstad died in 1896.
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Jess Julius Engelstad was an engineer.
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Jess Julius Engelstad was Norwegian.
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