Dergiler / Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları / 2005 / Emre Dölen Armağanı Cilt:6 sayı:2
İskenderun Dekovil Hattı
- Sayfa
- 287–297
- DOI
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Özet
The purpose of this article is to summarize the fact that in the late 1800’s the narrowgauged railway was one of the first railways to operate in Iskenderun (Alexandrette), the port of Hatay (Antioch) in Southeastern Turkey.In the 19th century, Iskenderun had a swampy subterranean and in order to overcome this problem, the Ottoman government took action by constructing a narrowgauged railway which ran smaller scaled steamengined trains.This steamengined railway was used to transport boulderrock material to dry out the swampy regions. But importantly enough, the narrowgauged railway was also used for leisure purposes, for example transporting families to picnic areas.It is sad to note that the narrowgauged railway, as importantly as this, used in the building blocks of todays Iskenderun, has long been forgotten.
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to summarize the fact that in the late 1800’s the narrowgauged railway was one of the first railways to operate in Iskenderun (Alexandrette), the port of Hatay (Antioch) in Southeastern Turkey.In the 19th century, Iskenderun had a swampy subterranean and in order to overcome this problem, the Ottoman government took action by constructing a narrowgauged railway which ran smaller scaled steamengined trains.This steamengined railway was used to transport boulderrock material to dry out the swampy regions. But importantly enough, the narrowgauged railway was also used for leisure purposes, for example transporting families to picnic areas.It is sad to note that the narrowgauged railway, as importantly as this, used in the building blocks of todays Iskenderun, has long been forgotten.