Freycinet Plan for expansion of French railways and canals

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The Freycinet Plan was an ambitious late-19th-century French infrastructure program that massively expanded and standardized the national network of railways and canals to promote economic development and regional integration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French government policy ⓘ
infrastructure development program ⓘ
public works program ⓘ
aim expansion of national canal network ⓘ
expansion of national railway network ⓘ
improvement of internal communications ⓘ
promotion of economic development ⓘ
reduction of regional inequalities ⓘ
regional integration ⓘ
standardization of transport infrastructure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Plan Freycinet ⓘ
appliesTo French canals ⓘ
French railways ⓘ
beneficiary industrial regions of France ⓘ
rural regions of France ⓘ
characteristic ambitious scope ⓘ
centralized planning ⓘ
country France ⓘ
economicRationale facilitate movement of goods ⓘ
facilitate movement of people ⓘ
support industrialization ⓘ
effect densification of French railway network ⓘ
integration of peripheral regions into national market ⓘ
long-term modernization of French transport system ⓘ
field civil engineering ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
fundingMethod state-funded public works ⓘ
government Third French Republic ⓘ
implementedBy French Ministry of Public Works ⓘ
includes construction of new canals ⓘ
construction of new railway lines ⓘ
modernization of existing canals ⓘ
standardization of canal dimensions ⓘ
standardization of lock sizes ⓘ
upgrading of existing railway lines ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
legislativeAct Law of 17 July 1879 ⓘ
motivatedBy need to catch up with British and German transport networks ⓘ
namedAfter Charles de Freycinet ⓘ
policyArea economic policy ⓘ
regional planning ⓘ
transport policy ⓘ
politicalContext Third Republic nation-building ⓘ
positionOfProposer French Minister of Public Works ⓘ
proposedBy Charles de Freycinet ⓘ
scale national ⓘ
startTime 1878 ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ

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