Download or read book Chicago s Salute to the Railroads written by Jesse Holman Jones and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chicago s Salute to the Railroads written by Reconstruction Finance Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chicago Union Station written by Fred Ash and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Midwestern transportation hub and its impact on the city and the region, plus stunning photographs of the station’s architecture. More than a century before airlines placed it at the center of their systems, Chicago was already the nation’s transportation hub—from Union Station, passengers could reach major cities on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts as well as countless points in between. Chicago’s history is tightly linked to its railroads. Railroad historian Fred Ash begins in the mid-1800s, when Chicago dominated Midwest trade and was referred to as the “Railroad Capital of the World.” During this period, swings in the political climate significantly modified the relationship between the local government and its largest landholders, the railroads. From here, Ash highlights competition at the turn of the twentieth century between railroad companies that greatly influenced Chicago’s urban landscape. Profiling the fascinating stories of businessmen, politicians, workers, and immigrants whose everyday lives were affected by the bustling transportation hub, Ash documents the impact Union Station had on the growing city and the entire Midwest. Featuring more than one hundred photographs of the famous beaux art architecture, Chicago Union Station is a beautifully illustrated tribute to one of America’s overlooked treasures. “The book includes more than 100 illustrations, a quarter of which are in color—but the real value is in author Ash’s narrative; he’s devoted decades to the study of terminals in the Railroad Capital, and it shows in this marvelous work.” —Classic Trains “The station’s history is thoughtfully revealed alongside concurrent economic and political events unfolding in Chicago at given points in time, thus providing the reader with a deeper understanding of why certain station milestones occurred when they did and the way they did.” —The Michigan Railfan
Download or read book Through Routes for Chicago s Steam Railroads written by George Ellsworth Hooker and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chicago America s Railroad Capital written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A history of the development of Chicago as a railroad hub, from its earliest days to the present, illustrated with color and black and white photographs, maps, and railroad memorabilia"--
Download or read book Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals in Chicago written by Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early Illinois Railroads written by William K. Ackerman and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 188 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 The Electrification of Railway Terminals as a Cure for the Locomotive Smoke Evil in Chicago written by Chicago (Ill.). City Council. Committee on Local Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yesterday and Today written by Chicago and North Western Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Chicago Western Indiana Railroad written by Cynthia L. Ogorek and Bill Molony and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad was a short line running 16 miles. One line ran from downtown Chicago to Dolton, Illinois; the other running from Eighty-First Street to the Indiana state line. After World War II, changes in passenger travel and shipping meant that the need for rail access into downtown Chicago declined. The C&WI ended its service in 1994.
Download or read book The Railway Terminal Problem of Chicago written by City Club of Chicago and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Mighty Fine Road written by H. Roger Grant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad's history is one of big booms and bigger busts. When it became the first railroad to reach and then cross the Mississippi River in 1856, it emerged as a leading American railroad company. But after aggressive expansion and a subsequent change in management, the company struggled and eventually declared bankruptcy in 1915. What followed was a cycle of resurrections and bankruptcies; a grueling, ten-year, ultimately unsuccessful battle to merge with the Union Pacific; and the Rock Island's final liquidation in 1981. But today, long after its glory days and eventual demise, the "Mighty Fine Road" has left behind a living legacy of major and feeder lines throughout the country. In his latest work, railroad historian H. Roger Grant offers an accessible, gorgeously illustrated, and comprehensive history of this iconic American railroad.
Download or read book The Street Railways of Chicago written by Civic Federation of Chicago (Ill.) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway Co and Representative Employees written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of John F Wallace Chairman Chicago Railway Terminal Commission written by Chicago (Ill.). Railway Terminal Commission and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
