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

In 1895 the owner of the largest carriage building works in Russia, Oscar Freivit, set up the AO Phoenix. In Riga construction was started on the Railway Carriage and Tram Building Works. The factory’s first output came at the end of the 19th Century. Up to 1915 more than 25,000 railway carriages were manufactured. Trams were exported to Italy. >>

Railways became the basis of Russia’s economical growth in the 19th century. >>

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

Maykapar Tobacco Works founded in 1887. >>

Railway bridge over the Daugava river in Riga >>

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The Union Works founded in 1898 on the basis of the Russo-Baltic Electro-engineering Works.

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From 1883 the horse-drawn tram was used for getting around the streets of Riga >>

Kuznetsov Porcelain Works – the largest Russian enterprise in Latvia. >>