Chapter 3
Transports of the new century
in development
By the end of the century, Tyumen had become a major shipbuilding center. In 1863, English entrepreneur Gullet founded a steamship assembly workshop in the Cape area. There were 8 ship repair and shipbuilding plants in the city at that time. In 1893, the first passenger steamer Kormilets came off its stocks.
Water transport and then rail transport played a decisive role in the development of the market in the Tobolsk province. The first steamship voyages on the Tyumen — Tobolsk — Tomsk line were made back in the 40−50s of the XIX century. Since the late 50s, steamships began to sail regularly from Tyumen to Tomsk. In 1860, a connection was opened between Tobolsk and Berezovo. By 1913, out of 191 steam vessels sailing in the Ob-Irtysh basin, 135 were assembled in Tyumen.
In 1866, an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, E. V. Bogdanovich, proposed a railway project from Nizhny Novgorod through Yekaterinburg to Tyumen. The Tyumen public approved the project, and the author himself was elected an honorary citizen of the city. The opening of the Yekaterinburg—Tyumen road took place on December 5, 1885. Railway workshops were opened at Tyumen station in 1887 for train maintenance. Among the cargoes imported through Tyumen to Siberia, the first place was occupied by machine-building products, followed by groceries, manufactory, tableware, etc. Food was exported from Siberia — bread, butter, meat products, eggs, fish, as well as furs and timber. In 1912, the construction of the Tyumen-Omsk railway was completed.
The construction of new railways and the further development of water transport have made the regional market more accessible for the sale of factory products from Russian and foreign companies.
The Main Departments of the railway Construction camps of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs were located on the territory of the region, created to lay the railway to Salekhard (ITL No. 501) and from Salekhard to Nadym (ITL No. 503). Then they intended to extend the highway to Chukotka and connect it with the Trans-Siberian Railway. After Stalin’s death, the construction site was liquidated.
An important role in the development of the oil and gas complex was played by the construction of the Ivdel—Ob railway, which stretched deep into the Tyumen taiga. The "steel highway" was further developed in the north, through Tobolsk, to Nizhnevartovsk and Korotchaevo.
The main means of transportation remained water transport, which provided the bulk of freight and passenger traffic. Aviation is becoming the second most important mode of transport. The aviators were directly involved in the discovery and development of natural resources.
For the first time, transportation of pipe weaves on an external suspension was used during the construction of the Urai—Tyumen oil pipeline. In October 1963, for the first time, a MI-6 helicopter was transported over 100 km of a three-story tower. 1958−1965, passenger transportation on airlines increased 12 times, cargo — 9.7 times.
In 1964, the staff of the Tyumen Shipbuilding Plant began serial production of an oil loading fleet — 186 oil barges and 40 tankers for 406 thousand tons, which delivered the extracted raw materials to oil refineries. The volume of oil transported by them to the Omsk refinery exceeded 5 million tons.
In 1969, a unique floating power plant "Radiance of the North" was created, with a gas turbine power plant with a capacity of 20 thousand kW. In total, the Tyumen plant team has built six such power plants.
Water transport and then rail transport played a decisive role in the development of the market in the Tobolsk province. The first steamship voyages on the Tyumen — Tobolsk — Tomsk line were made back in the 40−50s of the XIX century. Since the late 50s, steamships began to sail regularly from Tyumen to Tomsk. In 1860, a connection was opened between Tobolsk and Berezovo. By 1913, out of 191 steam vessels sailing in the Ob-Irtysh basin, 135 were assembled in Tyumen.
In 1866, an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, E. V. Bogdanovich, proposed a railway project from Nizhny Novgorod through Yekaterinburg to Tyumen. The Tyumen public approved the project, and the author himself was elected an honorary citizen of the city. The opening of the Yekaterinburg—Tyumen road took place on December 5, 1885. Railway workshops were opened at Tyumen station in 1887 for train maintenance. Among the cargoes imported through Tyumen to Siberia, the first place was occupied by machine-building products, followed by groceries, manufactory, tableware, etc. Food was exported from Siberia — bread, butter, meat products, eggs, fish, as well as furs and timber. In 1912, the construction of the Tyumen-Omsk railway was completed.
The construction of new railways and the further development of water transport have made the regional market more accessible for the sale of factory products from Russian and foreign companies.
The Main Departments of the railway Construction camps of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs were located on the territory of the region, created to lay the railway to Salekhard (ITL No. 501) and from Salekhard to Nadym (ITL No. 503). Then they intended to extend the highway to Chukotka and connect it with the Trans-Siberian Railway. After Stalin’s death, the construction site was liquidated.
An important role in the development of the oil and gas complex was played by the construction of the Ivdel—Ob railway, which stretched deep into the Tyumen taiga. The "steel highway" was further developed in the north, through Tobolsk, to Nizhnevartovsk and Korotchaevo.
The main means of transportation remained water transport, which provided the bulk of freight and passenger traffic. Aviation is becoming the second most important mode of transport. The aviators were directly involved in the discovery and development of natural resources.
For the first time, transportation of pipe weaves on an external suspension was used during the construction of the Urai—Tyumen oil pipeline. In October 1963, for the first time, a MI-6 helicopter was transported over 100 km of a three-story tower. 1958−1965, passenger transportation on airlines increased 12 times, cargo — 9.7 times.
In 1964, the staff of the Tyumen Shipbuilding Plant began serial production of an oil loading fleet — 186 oil barges and 40 tankers for 406 thousand tons, which delivered the extracted raw materials to oil refineries. The volume of oil transported by them to the Omsk refinery exceeded 5 million tons.
In 1969, a unique floating power plant "Radiance of the North" was created, with a gas turbine power plant with a capacity of 20 thousand kW. In total, the Tyumen plant team has built six such power plants.
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