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Giovanni Giolitti. Bianchi was respected as a man of great moral integrity and an enlightened and progressive manager, who paid great attention to technological innovation and efficiency. Giolitti, in his memoirs, recalled that, when asked what salary he wanted as General Manager of Ferrovie dello
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and rodding that, for the control of points, required considerable muscle strength. Bianchi studied an easier mechanism and devised a hydrodynamic command and control system using water mixed with glycerin which he patented on 18 September 1883. For the construction he collaborated with Ing. Giovanni
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His management style was sometimes controversial but this was justified by the fact that a large national enterprise had been established from nothing and he had to face significant problems of amalgamation and unification among the employees. On 24 January 1915, following disputes with the
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After having designed a unified architecture for new lines, he began work on extending the tracks, then of 15,000 km, of which less than one sixth was double track. He invested much effort in the development of electric lighting of vehicles and stations. The problem of shortage of rolling stock
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territory, Bianchi resigned from his post as general manager. The
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Bianchi, in La gestione di Stato delle Ferrovie Italiane (1905-1955). Monografie, presentazione di Giovanni Di Raimondo, realizzazione della Sezione Documentazione del Servizio Personale ed Affari generali curata da Raffaele Meliarca, Renato Proia e
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Bianchi managed to standardize the regulations and the legal status of the staff. His decisive character led him to face business problems with an entrepreneurial approach. An example was the supply of coal, of British origin, which passed through various intermediaries. Bianchi,
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Cinquantenario delle Ferrovie dello Stato, in Ingegneria ferroviaria, 9 (1955), n. 5–6, p. 333-528; rist.: 1905–1955. Il Cinquantenario delle Ferrovie dello Stato, Albignasego, Duegi Editrice-Roma, Collegio ingegneri ferroviari italiani, 2002,
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Settled in his new prestigious office he had to face great problems. Most of the lines, rolling stock and plant were in a state of neglect and decay. There were different and divergent regulations and provisions. The
Adriatic Network had adopted
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railway plant on 15 October 1886. It was a 10-lever system and the results were so good that it was extended to many other installations on the
Italian network, and also abroad, and was used until after the
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Bonelli, Riccardo Bianchi, in Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, vol. 10. Biagio-Boccaccio, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1968, pp. 169–173 versione in linea
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and in 1891 Bianchi was appointed head of the Maintenance and Works Department and, in 1900, Director of the Movement and Traffic Service. On 22 July 1901 he became General Manager of
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was tackled head-on, thanks to huge financing obtained from the Government for thousands of wagons and carriages, as well as new classes of technologically advanced
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Valter Guadagno, Le ferrovie in etĂ giolittiana: politica, societĂ , economia, Roma, Collegio amministrativo ferroviario italiano, 2003
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Servettaz. The first Hydrodynamic Central Apparatus in the world for the operation of points and signals thus saw the light in the
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Antonio Papa, Classe politica e intervento pubblico nell'etĂ giolittiana. La nazionalizzazione delle ferrovie, Napoli, Guida, 1973
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Franco Bonelli, Protagonisti dell'intervento pubblico: Riccardo Bianchi, in Economia pubblica, (1975), n. 11–12, pp. 11–17
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Stato, Bianchi surprised him by replying that the salary he enjoyed as general director of the Sicula Network would be enough.
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where he obtained an industrial technical diploma. After graduation he worked in England for a while as a university scholar.
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Renzo Pocaterra, Riccardo Bianchi il primo Direttore Generale, in Voci della rotaia, numero speciale, 8/9 1989, FS, Roma
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