István Türr (1825 to 1908), known in Italy as Stefano Türr, was a Hungarian soldier, revolutionary and engineer born in Baja. He deserted the Austrian army, fought in the Italian wars of independence and became a close associate of Garibaldi. In later life he devoted himself to canal building: he promoted navigation canals and river navigation systems in Hungary, including plans to link the Danube and the Tisza, and he was involved in the promotion of an interoceanic canal across Panama. After 1881 he worked with the engineer Béla Gerster on the Greek government project to plan and carry out the Corinth Canal, and he led the effort to finish it after the building company failed in 1888.
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French: Étienne Türr; 10 August 1825
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3 May 1908) was a Hungarian soldier, revolutionary, canal architect and engineer
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After 1881, Türr and Gerster were involved with the Greek Government's major project of planning and implementing the Corinth Canal
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declared Türr and as Kossuth, Klapka and other exiled nationalists, to be its honorary citizen
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was a Hungarian soldier, revolutionary, canal architect and engineer
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