Proper noun
Meiggs
A surname.
After Ford returned and told Meiggs about the mighty groves of trees he had stumbled upon, Meiggs started a sawmill there in 1852. Source: Internet
The American entrepreneur Henry Meiggs built a standard gauge line from Callao across the Andes to the Interior, Huancayo; striking for Cuzco he built the line and controlled its politics for a while; in the end he bankrupted himself and the country. Source: Internet
It is the second highest railway in the world (following opening of the Qingzang railway in Tibet), with the Galera summit tunnel under Mount Meiggs at convert and Galera station at convert above sea level. Source: Internet
However, Meiggs managed to complete only half of the projected line due to poor management, corruption, disease, and complicated logistics due to the high altitude of the Andes mountains. Source: Internet
President Tomás Guardia contracted with Meiggs in 1871 to build a railroad to the Atlantic. Source: Internet