Metropole Hotel in Riga. >>

The railway network linked Riga, Liepāja and Ventspils with the major industrial centres of Russia.

St Petersburg – Warsaw 1860; Riga – Dinaburg/Daugavpils 1861; Riga – Mittau/Jelgava 1868;

Riga – Dinaburg/Daugavpils – Oryol 1868; Liepāja – Romny 1871; Ventspils– Rybinsk 1901 – 1904. >>

Metallurgical plant «Becker and Co» in Liepāja was founded in1882.
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Sea Port of Liepaya. Modern view. >>

Ventspils Trading Port. >>

In 1895 the owner of the largest carriage building works in Russia, Oscar Freivit, set up the AO Phoenix. >>

In 1888 the factory of the Russo-French Joint-stock company Provodnik was founded in Riga. >>

Maykapar Tobacco Works founded in 1887. >>

The Riga Kuznetsovs Porcelain and Faience Works – the largest Russian enterprise before II World War in Latvia. >>