Download or read book Railroads and Steamships written by Suzanne Murdico and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of transportation in the United States, discussing the need for railroads and steamships and how they impacted the nation.
Download or read book Railway and Steamship Guide written by John Disturnell and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Railway Steamships of Ontario written by Dana William Ashdown and published by Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the railway and shipping interests of the Great Lakes' basin were regularly at odds with one another. Accusations of rate cutting and unfair trade practices were constantly being hurled back and forth, and at times they seemed to have little in common; but this was not always the case. Through joint traffic agreements railway and shipping lines found that they could aid and complement one another, each furthering the others' trade. This book examines how Ontario's railways faced the steamship question and in particular, why they saw a need to acquire their own vessels. By tracing almost 200 individual ships and dozens of corporate entities, the history of these waterborne railway enterprises is revealed. Not overlooked are the railway harbours and the facilities that made the crucial link between train and ship.
Download or read book Exhibits Accompanying Statement of the International Railroad and Steamship Company of Florida written by International Railroad and Steamship Company of Florida and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The International Railroad and Steamship Company of Florida written by International Railroad and Steamship Company of Florida and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steaming East written by Sarah Searight and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1991 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the 19th century, it took months to get from England to India, clear at the other end of the Empire. Better communications were imperative. This is the story of how it was done - laboriously, stubbornly, sometimes misguidedly - by several generations of entrepeneurs, engineers, inventors and military men, first with steamships and then by railway. It is a story full of colourful anecdotes and even more colourful characters, from Captain Charles Chesney (who tried - and failed - to establish a steamship route on the Euphrates River to the founder of the Orient Express (who rejoiced in the name of Georges Nagelmackers) to Major James Buster Browne, builder of a rail line across a Northwest Indian desert so inhospitable that 32 soldiers died there of heat stroke when their train broke down. The account spans roughly a century, from the first tentative use of steam engines in ships to the decline of the great age of railways following World War I.
Download or read book Isthmus of Panama written by Fessenden Nott Otis and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Panama Railroad with a guide for travelers and businessmen about Central and South America containing timetables, shipping rates, commercial activity, and information about international connections.
Download or read book The Railroad Grows Into an Industry 1840 1850 written by Kathleen Tracy and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to the 1820s, the main form of commercial transportation in America was steamboats, which were able to move large quantities of freight and passengers. When the first railroads were built, they were initially seen as a novelty. But a handful of visionaries believed that railroads could transform the way business was conducted and create new opportunities for both established companies and independent entrepreneurs. In the 1840s and the 1850s, the railroad industry would experience tremendous growth and become the primary means of moving goods throughout the United States. Expansion of the rail system stimulated the economy, promoted manufacturing, and turned railroads into one of the most valuable industries in the world, making their owners millionaires and industrial–age power brokers in the process. Railroads also helped make America one of the most dominant economic powers in the world.
Download or read book The Plant System of Railroads Steamships and Hotels written by Gregg M. Turner and published by Garrigues House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Henry Bradley Plant written by George Hutchinson Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Circular Letter written by Southern Railway and Steamship Association and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mallets on the Mendocino Coast written by Ted Wurm and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steamships and Their Story written by Edward Keble Chatterton and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Railways and Other Ways written by Myles Pennington and published by Williamson. This book was released on 1894 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disturnell s Railway and Steamship Guide written by John Disturnell and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book When Steamboats Reigned in Florida written by Bob Bass and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Robert Fulton installed a steam engine in the side wheel boat North River Steamboat in 1807, the world changed forever. With this innovation, riversthe natural transportation arteries of the South - were opened as routes to transport travelers and goods to previously inaccessible areas. Today, the steamboat triggers romantic images of adventures on the Mississippi taken from Mark Twain. But the opening of the major rivers in Florida to steamboat navigation was vital to the state's development." "This history brings together the author's unique experiences traveling Florida's steamboat routes with the historical record of the innovations and explorations that led to the steamboat's reign as the preferred mode of transport before the dawn of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Cook s Continental Time Table Steamship and Air Services Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
