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    Part of Warsaw History article:

    ... ons the city continued to develop. Its industrial potential kept growing. In the years 1840-48 the first railway line was built linking Warsaw with Vienna. In 1864 the first permanent bridge over the Vistula was commissioned followed in 1875 by the first railway bridge. The first water system (1851-1855) and the first sewage system (1881-1886) were built. In 1856 gas was introduced and in 1881 the first telephone exchange was installed. In 1882 the first regular horse-drawn trams arrived in the streets followed in 1907 by electric streetcars. However, the lack of interest in the development of Warsaw on the part of the occupation authorities meant that there existed no conditions conducive to the implementation of new, well-thought out and bold urban schemes. In 1915, during World War I, Warsaw was occupied by the Germans and in 1918 became the capital of the reborn Polish State. As early as 1916 a group of town planners and architects headed by Tomasz To³wiński prepared pl... Read all>>