While working in this industry in Russia, James McNeill Whistler’s father George Washington Whistler introduced a design by William Howe that involves vertical members in compression. Two serfs of the Demidov family, the Cherepanov brothers, were freed for an invention in this industry. Franz Gerstner rejected the inclined plane approach used in this industry, which benefited from the Li–Lobanov Treaty in northeastern China. Legendarily, Tsar Nicholas I’s finger caused misdrafted plans in this industry, leading to a structure with a conspicuous bend. Sergei Witte (“VIT-uh”) championed a project in this industry which the Czechoslovak Legion seized during the Russian Civil War. For 10 points, name this industry that operates a “Trans-Siberian” service from Moscow to Vladivostok. ■END■
ANSWER: railroad industry [or rail transportation industry; accept train travel industry or locomotive industry; accept passenger rail Industry or freight rail Industry; accept Trans-Siberian railway or Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway or Chinese Eastern railway]
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