Carl Junker
Carl Junker (18 June 1827 – 17 May 1882) was an Austrian engineer and architect. His construction projects include Miramare Castle in Trieste and the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline.
Life
Carl Junker was born as the son of a tenant farmer in 1827 in
Throughout his career he devoted himself mainly to the construction of aqueducts and water pipes. In 1847 he was involved in the construction of the Suez Canal under Alois Negrelli. In 1855 he took over the plans for the construction of the aqueduct of Aurisina in Trieste.
In 1856 he was instructed by archduke of Maximilian I of Mexico, the brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, with the construction of the Miramare Castle in Grignano near Trieste.
In 1860 he took over the supervision of a church in Bar in present-day Montenegro. Pope Pius IX granted him the Order of St. Gregory the Great for the project.
Between 1860 and 1861 he was in charge of the construction of the aqueduct of the military arsenal in
Junker died in Vienna on 17 May 1882.
Key construction projects
- Miramare Castle near Trieste (1856–1860)
- First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline (1865)
Publications
- Carl Junker (1873): Die Wasserversorgung der Stadt Wien, in: R. Stadler, Wien
- Carl Junker (1985): Projekt der Zuleitung des Recca Flusses von St. Canzian, Trieste
References
- Junker Karl. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950. Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 153 (Direct references on pages 153 and 154).