Piedmontese Dominance in Numbers 1840+ Flashcards
describe the textile industry in northern italy in the 1840s dawg
it thrived cuz they had no coal in northern italy or factories -> silk and wool domestic industries
how many silk workers in 1844, piedmont
60,000
how many cotton workers in 1844, piedmont
114000
how much did trade increase in value
300%
how many km of railway did Piedmont have at the end of the 1850s
819km
how many km of railway did the whole of Italy have at the end of 1850s
1798km
what percentage of peninsula’s railway did Piedmont have by the end of the 1850s
1/3
what countries did the line in 1854 link
Milan, Turin, Genoa and the French border
who funded the 1854 line
(mostly) French capitalist + banker Rothschild
who built italys first steamship 1855 and what was its name
Piedmont - named the sicila
what happened to the port of genoa
it was modernized
what happened to public debt of piedmont from 1847 -> 1859
rose from 120mill lire to 725mill lire
what did the 1853 electric paragraph link
linked Turin to Paris
when did construction of the cavor canal begin
1857
when did the tunnel through mount cenis through the alps start construction
1857
