Download or read book A Pioneer Railway of the West written by Maude Ward Lafferty and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Pioneer Railway of the West" is historical book on railway transportation written by Maude Ward Lafferty, an American historian, and author. The author has undertaken the thorough research in order to tell the tale of first railroads and locomotives in the United States.
Download or read book Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA written by Eugen Wendler and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an impressive account of the pioneering technical achievements of the German economic theorist Friedrich List (1789-1846) during his exile in the USA. With the project planning and construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania, List contributed significantly to the development of the coal deposits there and thus to the development of heavy industry in the USA. The exciting history of the founding of the railroad and List's involvement is illustrated by many photographic documents. The content– The American exile of Friedrich List (1825-1832)– Friedrich List and the indigenous American population– The importance of coal for the early industrialization– List`s railway project – the obstacles and first successes
Download or read book A Railway Pioneer written by William Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Railway Pioneer written by William Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pioneer railroad the story of the Chicago and North Western System written by Robert Joseph Casey and published by Robert Joseph Casey. This book was released on 1948 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneer railroad the story of the Chicago and North Western System.
Download or read book Railway Pioneer the Story of George Stephenson written by John Rowland and published by . This book was released on 1971-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Missouri Railroad Pioneer written by Joel P. Rhodes and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lawyer and journalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Louis Houck is often called the “Father of Southeast Missouri” because he brought the railroad to the region and opened this backwater area to industrialization and modernization. Although Houck’s name is little known today outside Missouri, Joel Rhodes shows how his story has relevance for both the state and the nation. Rhodes presents a more complete picture of Houck than has ever been available: reviewing his life from his German immigrant roots, considering his career from both social and political perspectives, and grounding the story in both state and national history. He especially tells how, from 1880 to the 1920s, this self-taught railroader constructed a network of five hundred miles of track through the wilderness of wetlands known as “Swampeast Missouri”—and how these “Houck Roads” provided a boost for population, agriculture, lumbering, and commerce that transformed Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area. Rhodes discusses how Houck fits into the era of economic individualism—a time when men with little formal training shaped modern industry—and also gives voice to Houck’s critics and shows that he was not always an easy man to work with. In telling the story of his railroading enterprise, Rhodes chronicles Houck’s battle with the Jay Gould railroad empire and offers key insight into the development of America’s railway system, from the cutthroat practices of ruthless entrepreneurs to the often-comic ineptness of start-up rail lines. More than simply a biography of a business entrepreneur, the book tells how Houck not only developed the region economically but also followed the lead of Andrew Carnegie by making art, culture, and formal education available to all social classes. Houck also served for thirty-six years as president of the Board of Regents of Southeast Missouri State Teacher’s College, and as a self-taught historian he wrote the first comprehensive accounts of Missouri’s territorial period. A Missouri Railroad Pioneer chronicles a multifaceted career that transformed a region. Solidly researched, this lively narrative also offers an entertaining read for anyone interested in Missouri history.
Download or read book The Locomotive Pioneers written by Anthony Burton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book explores the development of locomotives over the course of fifty years. From Richard Trevithick's first experimental road engine of 1801 up to the Great Exhibition some fifty years later, locomotives have come far in reimagining and reinventing themselves to serve the people and British industry.The early years showed slow development amongst locomotives: Trevithick's first railway locomotives failed significantly as the engine broke the brittle cast-iron rails. The story is continued through the years when locomotives were developed to serve collieries, a period that lasted for a quarter of a century, and saw many different engineers trying out their ideas; from the rack and pinion railway developed by Blenkinsop and Murray, to George Stephensons engines for the Stockton & Darlington Railway. The most significant change came with Robert Stephensons innovative Rocket, the locomotive that set the formula for future developments.British engineers dominated the early years, although in France Marc Seguin developed a multi-tubular boiler at the same time as Stephenson. The next period was marked by the steady spread of railways in Europe and across the Atlantic. Timothy Hackworth of the Stockton & Darlington railway supplied locomotives to Russia, and his men had an exciting ride to deliver parts by sleigh across the snowy steppes, pursued by wolves. In America, the first locomotives were delivered from England, but the Americans soon developed their own methods and styles, culminating in the Baldwin engines, a type that has become familiar to us from hundreds of Western films.This is more than just a book about the development of a vital technology, it is also the story of the men who made it possible, from the steadily reliable team of William Buddicom and Alexander Allan, who developed their locomotives at Crewe, to the flamboyant Isambard Kingdom Brunel, whose broad gauge was served by the magnificent engines of Daniel Gooch.
Download or read book A Railway Pioneer written by William Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Railway Pioneer: Notes by a Civil Engineer in Europe and America From 1838 to 1888 Having been frequently asked by those closely connected with me to give some particulars of my Professional Wanderings, the following has been written in compliance with such desire. Wanderings which, with some 130,000 miles of Atlantic and Pacific voyages - equivalent to about five times around the globe - besides many thousands of land journeys in parts but little known, cannot be altogether devoid of interest even in these days of cheap excursions everywhere; so that my experiences in France, Italy, Chili, Peru, the Argentine Provinces, Brazil, Central America, Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, Canada, and the West Indies, should, perhaps, yield some items of amusement, if not of instruction, and repay for the perusal of these rough notes of one of the earliest of Railway Engineers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The World s Pioneer Railways written by Walter Martin Hill and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Short History of the Railroad written by Christian Wolmar and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-12-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating journey through the history of the railroad, packed with first-hand accounts of innovation, triumph, and tragedy. From the earliest steam engine to the high-speed bullet trains of today, A Short History of the Railroad reveals the hidden stories of railroad history across the world - the inspired engineering; the blood, sweat, and tears that went into the construction of the tracks; the ground-breaking innovations behind the trains that travelled along them; and the triumphs and tragedies of the people who made the railway what it is. Chart the history of the Trans-Siberian railway, the Orient Express, and Maglev trains and the impact of world events on the development of trains and the railway. Explore the pioneering railway lines that crossed continents, the key trains of each era, and the locomotives that changed the world. A riveting narrative packed with photographs, diagrams, and maps to illustrate and illuminate, this is the biography of the machines that carried us into the modern era.
Download or read book A Pioneer Railway of the West written by Lafferty Maude Ward and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA written by Eugen Wendler and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an impressive account of the pioneering technical achievements of the German economic theorist Friedrich List (1789-1846) during his exile in the USA. With the project planning and construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania, List contributed significantly to the development of the coal deposits there and thus to the development of heavy industry in the USA. The exciting history of the founding of the railroad and List's involvement is illustrated by many photographic documents. The content – The American exile of Friedrich List (1825-1832) – Friedrich List and the indigenous American population – The importance of coal for the early industrialization – Lists̀ railway project – the obstacles and first successes.
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