Petar Gabe and His Dilemma: Construction of Railway Devnya-Dobrich or a Modern Port in Balchik

Tsvetolin Nedkov ()
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Tsvetolin Nedkov: Regional Historical Museum – Dobrich, Bulgaria

Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, 2022, vol. 7, 374-381

Abstract: On the basis of a heterogeneous source material, the study reveals the public, economic and strategic rationale of the construction of the Devnya – Dobrich railway line instead of the modetnization of the port Balchik. Tanks to P. Gabe this railway was launched on December 1, 1910. The construction of the railway cost state 5 milion BGN. This amount is much smaller than the one needed for modernization of the, port in Balchik. It helps to strengthen the economic life of Dobrich and also the agriculture of South Dobrudzha.

Keywords: railway Devnya – Dobrich; port Balchik; South Dobrudzha; wheat trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N74 N94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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