WARSAW-VIENNA IRON ROAD BOND ISSUED IN WARSAW. DOUBLE-SIDED ACTION IN THREE LANGUAGES, RUSSIAN, GERMAN AND FRENCH. NICE VALUE BORDURE. THE WARSAW-VIENNA RAILROAD WAS THE FIRST RAILROAD ON POLISH SOIL. IT RAN FROM WARSAW SOUTH THROUGH SKIERNIEWICE, CZĘSTOCHOWA, TO GRANICA-NOW SOSNOWIEC MACZKI AND ON TO VIENNA. A COMPANY TO BUILD THE LINE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1839, BUT AFTER THREE YEARS IT WENT BANKRUPT AND THE BURDEN OF BUILDING THE LINE WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF POLAND BY ESTABLISHING THE WARSAW-VIENNA IRON ROAD BOARD. THE FIRST SECTION WAS PUT INTO SERVICE IN 1845, AND THE ENTIRE LINE IN 1848. IT WAS THE FIRST RAILROAD IN THE POLISH KINGDOM AND THE SECOND IN THE ENTIRE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.
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