Rail in The Grand Duchy of Finland
In the 19th century Finland had an undeveloped primarily agricultural economy, the primary exports being forestry products, both timber and furs. Much of the transportation was conducted via waterways; Finland being a country of many lakes. However connecting the waterways system to the coast was problematic. The use of a railway had already been considered in the 1840s; In 1849 Claes Alfred Stjernvall had suggested constructing a horse drawn railway from Helsinki to Turkhauta (in the municipality of Janakkala)
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