Show the trans siberian road J in 1857 an american named collins fl first proposed a railway from the ij amur to the village of achita later several plans were formulated but it A as not until march 17 1891 that the trans siberian railway was definitely t L determined on and projected by an J j imperial on oil may 19 1891 the first stone was laid the line cover covers 8 3 miles in russian territory and 1 miles in chinese territory in tea find and one half years 6 5 miles of ralle rails were laid in the canadian pacific 3 con constructed strutted ted under similar conditions a it ten years to lay 2 miles of 0 tj rails wl |