RAILROADS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOZTUA, 7-8-9 OCTOBER 2011 PROGRAM THURSDAY, 6 OCTOBER Arrivals to Porto and transportation to Foz Tua Foreign participants are expected to arrive to Porto during the day. Meeting point to be defined (new Intercontinental Hotel, in city center: Palacio das Cardoas, see here), for coffee, rest, then from São Bento station to Campanhã Station by train, around 10 minutes. São Bento station is in central Porto station, the historical station for Douro line (more here (Wikipedia) and here). Most of the rain trip is along Douro Valley, UNESCO world heritage (more here). Only the first section of the trip it is not. Beautiful sightseeing. 16:40 Departure to Sao Bento Station (walking). 17:00 Train to Campanhã, from Sao Bento station 17:15 Train to Foz Tua, from Campanhã station. 19.47 Arrival at Foz Tua station. Hotel check in. 20:30 Dinner in Foz Tua. (Restaurante Calça Curta) Hotel in Foz Tua. Alternative: 19-10-10 12:21:19 1
19:20 Train to Regua, from São Bento station, Douro line. 21:18 Arrival at Regua station. Transportation to Foz Tua by car or bus (around 45 minutes). Later alternative: 21:56 Train departure to Regua, from Campanhã station, Douro line. 23:58 Arrival at Regua station. Transportation to Foz Tua by car or bus (around 45 minutes). Car transportation may be available for those special cases not being able to arrive in time for the trains. They will miss the best sightseeing and dinner. FRIDAY, 7 OCTOBER Main day of scholar work and presentations. End of day visit to Tua Valley. 8:30 Opening 9:00 Presentations and discussions 12:30 Closing 13:00 Lunch (Foz Tua), Restaurant Beira Rio. walking distance 14:40 Presentations and discussion 17:40 Port wine break 18:00 Closing 18:15 Visit to the interior of Tua Valley: Bus to Mirandela, along the interior of Tua Valley: from Foz Tua to Ribalonga Castanheiro do Norte Carrazeda de Ansiães (a short stop in old center) Pinhal do Norte - Brunheda Abreiro Vila Flor Cachão Mirandela 19-10-10 12:21:19 2
20:00 Dinner in Mirandela Restaurant: Flor de Sal (Mirandela) Invited Speaker: Jorge Monteiro, previous CEO of the Institut of Port Wine (regulator of the sector), now CEO of Vini Portugal (agency for international promotion of Portuguese wines) 21:30 Bus, return to Foz Tua and hotels (short stop in Tralhariz, for night sight, if weather is ok) 22:30 arrival, Foz Tua SATURDAY, 8 OCTOBER Mixed day: scholar work, discussion, next steps 9:40 Opening / Presentations and discussion 13:00 Closing 13:00 Lunch (Foz Tua), Restaurant Calça Curta 14:40 Presentations and discussion 16:00 Coffee break 16:20 Discussion: research agenda, what next for next year? 17:20 Port wine break 17:40 Closing 18:00 Opportunity to visit Quinta dos Malvedos (Symington) and its advanced wine making facilities 20:00 Dinner, Casa de Tralhariz 22:00 Return to hotels 19-10-10 12:21:19 3
SUNDAY, 9 OCTOBER Closing and return day 9:20 Walking visit to new Foz Tua dam site, along Tua track. Departure from Station. With EDP staff orientation. 11:20 Meeting point, Foz Tua station 11:58 Departure, train to Porto, Douro line, for those that need an early arrival to Oporto. Lunch bad (from Restaurant Calça Curta): Arrival time in Oporto: 14:30, Campanhã Station (not Sao Bento!) 12:30 Lunch, Restaurant Calça Curta for all the others 15:40 Last Port 16:15 Departure, train to Porto, Douro line. Arrival at Campanhã Station, Porto, 18:50, São Bento Station 18:55 19-10-10 12:21:19 4
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND COMMUNICATIONS Draft, 14. July.2011 Inequality in Landownership in the American Midwest, 1850-60: The Role of the Railroad By Jeremy Atack (Vanderbilt University) and Robert A. Margo (Boston University) (USA) CV Railroads and the Making of Modern America: A Digital History Approach William G. Thomas, History, University of Nebraska (USA) ) CV American engineers and the construction of the St. Petersburg & Moscow Railroad during the 1840s ) CV Merritt Roe Smith (STS, MIT) (USA) The building of the Bhor Ghat Railway Incline in western India in the mid-19 th century Ian Kerr, University of Manitoba (Canada) ) CV Railways industrial archaeology: I am one of the few academics around who have used much of the Victorian railway technology in a real world context (preliminary title) Dominc Fontana, Portsmouth University (USA) ) CV No title yet Richard Healey, Portsmouth University (USA) T A CV Globalization, Railways, and Commercial Fishing in Great Britain and France, 1860 to 1930 Robert Schwartz, E. Nevius Rodman Professor of History, Mount Holyoke College, USA ) CV Two case studies in Heritage and Valorization of Ancient Mountain Railways in France Michel COTTE, Emeritus Professor of the History of Technology,University of Nantes, NANTES, France, ICOMOS Advisor for the World Heritage Convention ) CV A new role for an old railway: an Italian case study Stefano Maggi, Associate Professor in Contemporary History, University of Siena, Italy ) CV Railway Heritage: Between Using, Reusing and Preserving. A case in Áustria. Guenter Dinhobl, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, Áustria A CV Title to de defined Anne McCants, MIT, USA T A CV Museology challenges in FOZTUA project (preliminary title) Ellan Shapiro, MIT, USA T A CV 19-10-10 12:21:19 5
Alto Douro and emigration, 1855-1914 J. Costa Leite, U. Aveiro (Portugal) Railways in Trás-os-Montes during the second half of the XIXth century: projects and achievements" Hugo Pereira, U. Porto (Portugal) The meaning of Tua Valley in the context of Portugueses wolfram boom (1 st half XX century) M. Otilia Lage, I. P. Porto (Portugal) Railways in Portugal and Spain: corporate and public policies Luis Santos, U. Complutense. Madrid (Spain) The Tua Line and the Portuguese railways (1856-1906) Mª Fernanda Alegria, FLL, U. Lisbon (Portugal) CV Foreign investment and managerial control in railway ventures. Lessons from Portuguese railway construction, Álvaro Ferreira da Silva, Nova School of Business and Economics, U. Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) A CV Railways, Population and Uneven Regional Development in Portugal (1801-1930) Luís Espinha da Silveira, Nuno Miguel Lima e Ana Alcântara 1 Department of History, U. Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) Title to be defined Luis Oliveira, Department of History, U. Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) The man behind Tua's railway: chief engineer Dinis da Mota José Manuel Cordeiro, Department of History, U. Minho (Portugal) CV Dismantling an old railtrack: opportunities in Tua Valley Paulo Lourenço, School of Engineering, U. Minho (Portugal) A CV Tua Valley: what prospects for the interior of the interior in a peripheral region? The FOZTUA project vision A CV Eduardo Beira, EDAM Professor, MIT Portugal and School of Engineering, U. Minho (Portugal) 19-10-10 12:21:19 6