For the sheer quantity and quality of his inventions, scientist and structural engineer Vladimir Shukhov (1853 1939) is sometimes referred to as the Russian Thomas Edison. Among his pioneering contributions are a number of innovations related to the oil industry, including the design and construction of the first Russian pipeline and the world s first industrial plant for oil cracking. His groundbreaking structural works include the cable-supported hanging roof and the hyperboloid lattice tower epitomized by the Shukhov Tower in Moscow, which bears his name.
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