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Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :126 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Red River Bridges. Hearing ... on H.R. 7008, 7967, and 7968 ... February 10 and 11, 1930 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Download or read book Red River Bridges. Hearing ... on H.R. 7008, 7967, and 7968 ... February 10 and 11, 1930 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Red River Bridge War by : Rusty Williams
Download or read book The Red River Bridge War written by Rusty Williams and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2017 Oklahoma Book Award, sponsored by the Oklahoma Center for the Book Winner, 2016 Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History, sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society At the beginning of America’s Great Depression, Texas and Oklahoma armed up and went to war over a 75-cent toll bridge that connected their states across the Red River. It was a two-week affair marked by the presence of National Guardsmen with field artillery, Texas Rangers with itchy trigger fingers, angry mobs, Model T blockade runners, and even a costumed Native American peace delegation. Traffic backed up for miles, cutting off travel between the states. This conflict entertained newspaper readers nationwide during the summer of 1931, but the Red River Bridge War was a deadly serious affair for many rural Americans at a time when free bridges and passable roads could mean the difference between survival and starvation. The confrontation had national consequences, too: it marked an end to public acceptance of the privately owned ferries, toll bridges, and turnpikes that threatened to strangle American transportation in the automobile age. The Red River Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle documents the day-to-day skirmishes of this unlikely conflict between two sovereign states, each struggling to help citizens get goods to market at a time of reduced tax revenue and little federal assistance. It also serves as a cautionary tale, providing historical context to the current trend of re-privatizing our nation’s highway infrastructure.
Book Synopsis Free Highway Bridges Between Texas and Oklahoma Across Red River by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Download or read book Free Highway Bridges Between Texas and Oklahoma Across Red River written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (71) S. 2564, (71) S. 2565, (71) S. 2566.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :130 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Red River Bridges by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Download or read book Red River Bridges written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chicago River Bridges by : Patrick T. McBriarty
Download or read book Chicago River Bridges written by Patrick T. McBriarty and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago River Bridges presents the untold history and development of Chicago's iconic bridges, from the first wood footbridge built by a tavern owner in 1832 to the fantastic marvels of steel, concrete, and machinery of today. It is the story of Chicago as seen through its bridges, for it has been the bridges that proved critical in connecting and reconnecting the people, industry, and neighborhoods of a city that is constantly remaking itself. In this book, author Patrick T. McBriarty shows how generations of Chicagoans built (and rebuilt) the thriving city trisected by the Chicago River and linked by its many crossings. The first comprehensive guidebook of these remarkable features of Chicago's urban landscape, Chicago River Bridges chronicles more than 175 bridges spanning 55 locations along the Main Channel, South Branch, and North Branch of the Chicago River. With new full-color photography of the existing bridges by Kevin Keeley and Laura Banick and more than one hundred black and white images of bridges past, the book unearths the rich history of Chicago's downtown bridges from the Michigan Avenue Bridge to the often forgotten bridges that once connected thoroughfares such as Rush, Erie, Taylor, and Polk Streets. Throughout, McBriarty delivers new research into the bridges' architectural designs, engineering innovations, and their impact on Chicagoans' daily lives. Describing the structure and mechanics of various kinds of moveable bridges (including vertical-lift, Scherer rolling lift, and Strauss heel trunnion mechanisms) in a manner that is accessible and still satisfying to the bridge aficionado, he explains how the dominance of the "Chicago-style" bascule drawbridge influenced the style and mechanics of bridges worldwide. Interspersed throughout are the human dramas that played out on and around the bridges, such as the floods of 1849 and 1992, the cattle crossing collapse of the Rush Street Bridge, or Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci's Michigan Avenue Bridge jump. A confluence of Chicago history, urban design, and engineering lore, Chicago River Bridges illustrates Chicago's significant contribution to drawbridge innovation and the city's emergence as the drawbridge capital of the world. It is perfect for any reader interested in learning more about the history and function of Chicago's many and varied bridges. The introduction won The Henry N. Barkhausen Award for original research in the field of Great Lakes maritime history sponsored by the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History.
Book Synopsis Wildflowers and Ferns of Red River Gorge and the Greater Red River Basin by : Dan Dourson
Download or read book Wildflowers and Ferns of Red River Gorge and the Greater Red River Basin written by Dan Dourson and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red River Gorge's intricate canyon system features an abundance of high sandstone cliffs, rock shelters, waterfalls, and natural bridges, making it one of the world's top rock-climbing destinations. The Gorge, known for its unspoiled scenic beauty and numerous hiking trails, is one of Kentucky's most popular natural destinations, attracting over 500,000 visitors a year. While books about hiking, climbing, and other recreational activities in the area are readily available, Wildflowers and Ferns of Red River Gorge is the first book specifically devoted to the biodiversity of the Gorge and its watershed. Authors Dan and Judy Dourson introduce the geology and cultural history of the gorge but focus on the incredible diversity of both common and rare flora of this unique ecosystem. With over 1,000 color images and numerous illustrations covering over 1,500 species currently known to exist in the watershed, Wildflowers and Ferns of Red River Gorge is designed to be accessible to the casual hiker and of use to the seasoned naturalist. Rare and endangered species are highlighted as well as a few other important, but often ignored, non-flowering plant groups, including green algae, fungi, slime molds, lichens, and mosses. In addition, a small section on flowering woody vines, shrubs, and trees is included, making the book the most comprehensive natural guide to one of Kentucky's most well-known natural recreational areas.
Book Synopsis The Many Faces of Texoma's Red River by : Natalie Clountz Bauman. Bauman
Download or read book The Many Faces of Texoma's Red River written by Natalie Clountz Bauman. Bauman and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: None of us are one dimensional. We all have many facets to our personalities. A facet is defined as an aspect or phase, or, as in jewelry, a particular visible surface or face. Things and places such as rivers can also have many diverse facets or faces which might be perceived as positive or negative.The Red River of Texoma is no exception, it has many different faces; some benevolent, some fearsome.Faces are perceived many different ways according to the eye of the beholder and his or her perspective. Also like faces, the river is ever changing, remaining fascinating no matter how long it is observed.This book will attempt to examine The Many Faces of Texoma's Red River.Page 6 INTRODUCTIONPages 7-31 - THE YOUNG FACE OF THE RED RIVERPages 32-141 - FRIENDLY FACE OF RED RIVER PROVIDES WATERY HIGHWAY:Pages 32-35 RED RIVER WAS A CROSSING ON THE CATTLE TRAILS Pages 36 - 41 THE GREAT RAFT, COTTON TRANSPORTED ON RIVERPages 42 - NAVIGATION ON THE RED RIVERPages 59-98 - RED RIVER FERRIESPages 99-131 - BRIDGES ON THE RED RIVER ENABLED TRAIN AND IMMIGRANT CROSSINGS AND HELPED COMMERCEPages 132-143 - THE BENEFICENT FACE OF RED RIVER PROVIDES FOOD AND WATER, A SOURCE OF LIFEPages 144-226 - THE FEARSOME FACE OF RED RIVERRED RIVER WAS A SOURCE OF NATURAL DISASTER, DESTRUCTION AND DEATHFull of DRY SAND BARS At Times, SWOLLEN WITH RAGING FLOODS One Day, A FROZEN ICE RINK The NextPage 227-228 - SAVING LIVES ON THE RED ANOTHER FACE......Pages 229-264 - THE FIERCE DESTRUCTIVE FACE OF THE RED RIVER UNDER CONTROL FLOOD CONTROL ON RED RIVER ULTIMATELY ACCOMPLISHED BY BUILDING THE DENISON DAM CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAMPages 265-274 - THE WILD SIDE OF THE FACE OF RED RIVER
Book Synopsis The Red River Bridge War by : Rusty Williams
Download or read book The Red River Bridge War written by Rusty Williams and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2017 Oklahoma Book Award, sponsored by the Oklahoma Center for the Book Winner, 2016 Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History, sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society At the beginning of America’s Great Depression, Texas and Oklahoma armed up and went to war over a 75-cent toll bridge that connected their states across the Red River. It was a two-week affair marked by the presence of National Guardsmen with field artillery, Texas Rangers with itchy trigger fingers, angry mobs, Model T blockade runners, and even a costumed Native American peace delegation. Traffic backed up for miles, cutting off travel between the states. This conflict entertained newspaper readers nationwide during the summer of 1931, but the Red River Bridge War was a deadly serious affair for many rural Americans at a time when free bridges and passable roads could mean the difference between survival and starvation. The confrontation had national consequences, too: it marked an end to public acceptance of the privately owned ferries, toll bridges, and turnpikes that threatened to strangle American transportation in the automobile age. The Red River Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle documents the day-to-day skirmishes of this unlikely conflict between two sovereign states, each struggling to help citizens get goods to market at a time of reduced tax revenue and little federal assistance. It also serves as a cautionary tale, providing historical context to the current trend of re-privatizing our nation’s highway infrastructure.
Download or read book Deadly Dallas written by Rusty Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spring of 1904. An inexperienced automobile driver jumps the curb and drives into the lobby of the St. George Hotel. The mayor orders a roundup of unlicensed dogs due to a citywide outbreak of rabies. An elevator crushes the head of a young man as he retrieves a half dollar he had dropped down the shaft. Embers from a wood-burning stove transform a sleeping house into a funeral pyre. A ten-year-old boy in City Park has a spike driven into his temple by a playmate with a fence picket. All this in just a few days. Rusty Williams catalogues the heartbreaking and bizarre forms in which death stalked Dallas at the turn of the twentieth century.
Download or read book Windstone written by David Muench and published by Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated landscape photographer Muench turns his keen photographic eye to the mystery of the sculpted earth with spectacular photos of natural arches, land bridges, windows, sea stacks, caves, and sea arches.
Book Synopsis Red River Waterway, LA., Tex., Ark., and Okla., Mississippi River to Shreveport, LA. by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Vicksburg District
Download or read book Red River Waterway, LA., Tex., Ark., and Okla., Mississippi River to Shreveport, LA. written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Vicksburg District and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Murder at Broad River Bridge by : Bill Shipp
Download or read book Murder at Broad River Bridge written by Bill Shipp and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1981, Murder at the Broad River Bridge recounts the stunning details of the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Lemuel Penn by the Ku Klux Klan on a back-country Georgia road in 1964, nine days after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Longtime Atlanta Constitution reporter Bill Shipp gives us, with shattering power, the true story of how a good, innocent, "uninvolved" man was killed during the Civil Rights turbulence of the mid-1960s. Penn was a decorated veteran of World War II, a United States Army Reserve officer, and an African American, killed by racist, white vigilantes as he was driving home to Washington, D.C. from Fort Benning, Georgia. Shipp recounts the details of the blind and lawless force that took Penn’s life and the sorry mask of protective patriotism it hid behind. To read Murder at Broad River Bridge is to know with deep shock that it could be dated today, tonight, tomorrow. It is a vastly moving documentary drama.
Book Synopsis Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges by : Benjamin D. Evans
Download or read book Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges written by Benjamin D. Evans and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result is a revised and expanded second edition, filled to the brim with color photographs and additional information about each of the 221 remaining covered bridges in the state."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis America's Covered Bridges by : Terry E. Miller
Download or read book America's Covered Bridges written by Terry E. Miller and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As many as 15,000 covered bridges were built in North America over the past 200 years. Fewer than 1,000 remain. In America's Covered Bridges, authors Terry E. Miller and Ronald G. Knapp tell the fascinating story of these bridges, how they were built, the technological breakthroughs required to construct them and above all the dedication and skill of their builders. Each wooden bridge, whether still standing or long gone, has a story to tell about the nature of America at the time—not only about its transportational needs, but the availability of materials and the technological prowess of the people who built it. Illustrated with some 550 historical and contemporary photos, paintings, and technical drawings of nearly 400 different covered bridges, America's Covered Bridges offers five readable chapters on the history, design and fate of America's covered bridges, plus related bridges in Canada. Most of the contemporary photography is by master photographer A. Chester Ong of Hong Kong. 55 photo essays on the most iconic bridges including: Cornish-Windsor Bridge between Vermont and New Hampshire Porter-Parsonsfield Bridge, Maine East Paden and West Paden (Twin Bridges), Pennsylvania Philippi Bridge, West Virginia Hortons Mill Bridge, Alabama Medora Bridge, Indiana Rock Mill Bridge, Ohio Knight's Ferry Bridge, California Perrault Bridge, Quebec, Canada Hartland Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada Over time, wooden bridges eventually gave way to ones made of iron, steel and concrete. An American icon, many covered bridges became obsolete and were replaced—others simply decayed and collapsed. Many more were swept away by natural disasters and fires. America's Covered Bridges is absolutely packed with fascinating stories and information passionately told by two leading experts on this subject. The book will be of tremendous interest to anyone interested in American history, carpentry and technological change.
Book Synopsis Bridges of the Mid-Hudson Valley by : Kathryn W. Burke
Download or read book Bridges of the Mid-Hudson Valley written by Kathryn W. Burke and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hudson River bridges, iconic structures of the New York State Bridge Authority, are the cornerstone of the Mid-Hudson Valley. Opened in 1924, the Bear Mountain Bridge was the first vehicular crossing of the Hudson River, south of Albany. Twentieth-century growth in the Hudson Valley can be traced to each bridge opening, the result of grassroot efforts by local residents. The Mid-Hudson Bridge, named for the region these bridges span, was designated an "Engineering Epic" following the tipping of the east caisson that delayed construction for a year while engineers and laborers struggled to right that caisson in the waters of the Hudson River. The plan for the Rip Van Winkle Bridge required the creation of the New York State Bridge Authority, when funding was otherwise impossible during the Great Depression. Three more bridges were built connecting remaining areas of the Mid-Hudson region. The last crossing became the "twin spans" of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, the New York State Bridge Authority's most traveled span. In 2010, the New York State Bridge Authority gained ownership of the bridge structure of the Walkway Over the Hudson, a pedestrian walkway built on the old Poughkeepsie Bridge, which opened for trains in 1889.
Book Synopsis The Many Faces of Texoma's Red River by : Natalie Bauman
Download or read book The Many Faces of Texoma's Red River written by Natalie Bauman and published by . This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: None of us are one dimensional. We all have many facets to our personalities. A facet is defined as an aspect or phase, or, as in jewelry, a particular visible surface or face. Things and places such as rivers can also have many diverse facets or faces which might be perceived as positive or negative.The Red River of Texoma is no exception, it has many different faces; some benevolent, some fearsome.Faces are perceived many different ways according to the eye of the beholder and his or her perspective. Also like faces, the river is ever changing, remaining fascinating no matter how long it is observed.This book will attempt to examine The Many Faces of Texoma's Red River.Contents:THE YOUNG FACE OF THE RED RIVERFRIENDLY FACE OF RED RIVER PROVIDES WATERY HIGHWAY:RED RIVER WAS A CROSSING ON THE CATTLE TRAILS THE GREAT RAFT, COTTON TRANSPORTED ON RIVERNAVIGATION ON THE RED RIVERRED RIVER FERRIES BRIDGES ON THE RED RIVER ENABLED TRAIN AND IMMIGRANT CROSSINGS AND HELPED COMMERCETHE BENEFICENT FACE OF RED RIVER PROVIDES FOOD AND WATER, A SOURCE OF LIFETHE FEARSOME FACE OF RED RIVERRED RIVER WAS A SOURCE OF NATURAL DISASTER, DESTRUCTION AND DEATHFull of DRY SAND BARS At Times, SWOLLEN WITH RAGING FLOODS One Day, A FROZEN ICE RINK The NextSAVING LIVES ON THE RED ANOTHER FACE......OF THE RED RIVER UNDER CONTROL FLOOD CONTROL ON RED RIVER ULTIMATELY ACCOMPLISHED BY BUILDING THE DENISON DAM CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAMTHE WILD SIDE OF THE FACE OF RED RIVER
Book Synopsis Highway Crossing Over Lake Texoma at the Willis Site, Denison Reservoir, Red River Basin, Tex. and Okla by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Download or read book Highway Crossing Over Lake Texoma at the Willis Site, Denison Reservoir, Red River Basin, Tex. and Okla written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
