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Ernest Malinowski

1818 - 1899

— Academy of Superheroes —

 
 
Ernest Malinowski Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), circa December 30, 2022
1. Ernest Malinowski Marker
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The designer and constructor of several hundred bridges and tunnels.

A road and railroad engineer, and a national hero of Peru.

He constructed the Central Trans-Andean Railway, the highest railroad in the world (5,000 meters above sea level) until 2005.
 
Erected 2022 by Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C.; Nauka; "Science. I Like It" Foundation.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & ViaductsRailroads & StreetcarsRoads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 2005.
 
Location. Marker has been permanently removed. It was located near 38° 55.479′ N, 77° 2.199′ W. Marker was in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It was in Adams Morgan. It was on 16th Street Northwest just south of Fuller Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Washington DC 20009, United States of America.

We have been informed that this marker is no longer there and will not be replaced. This page is an archival view of what was.

Regionally, this marker was in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It was also in the American Northeast, in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. within walking distance of this location: Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Jacek Karpiński (was here, next to this marker but has been
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permanently removed); On the way to the Colca Canyon (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Polonaises (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); The first run of the Colca Canyon - May/June 1981 (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Mazurkas (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); The Colca Canyon w Peru - The deepest canyon in the world (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Solidarność (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Maria Czaplicka (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named The first run of the Colca Canyon - May/June 1981 (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Sonatas (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named The first run of the Colca Canyon - May/June 1981 (was here, next to this marker
Academy of Superheroes markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), circa December 30, 2022
2. Academy of Superheroes markers
but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Henryk Arctowski (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); Rudolf Weigl (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); Jan Czochralski (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); Waltzes (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); Return from the rock abyss (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 10, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 217 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 30, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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