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Book Synopsis Sacramento's Southern Pacific Shops by : Kevin W. Hecteman
Download or read book Sacramento's Southern Pacific Shops written by Kevin W. Hecteman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad was founded and began building eastward from Sacramento as part of the transcontinental railroad. This required a shop capable of keeping the railroad's equipment in running order. So in 1867, in the swamps just north of town, the Sacramento shops were born. For well more than a century, this massive complex kept the Central Pacific and its corporate successor, the Southern Pacific, operating smoothly. For many decades, the shops were the largest employer in the Sacramento area, employing carpenters, painters, draftsmen, boilermakers, electricians, clerks, upholsterers, and others. The shops' forces designed, built, and maintained locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and other railroading equipment. The complex closed in 1999. Most of the area, popularly known as the Railyards, is set for redevelopment. The California State Railroad Museum handles maintenance and restoration of its collection in two of the shops buildings and plans to develop a Railroad Technology Museum on the site.
Book Synopsis Southern Pacific's Sacramento Shops by : Robert A. Pecotich
Download or read book Southern Pacific's Sacramento Shops written by Robert A. Pecotich and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Southern Pacific Shops by : Sacramento County Historical Society
Download or read book The Southern Pacific Shops written by Sacramento County Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Legacy in Brick & Iron by : Mary Amanda Helmich
Download or read book A Legacy in Brick & Iron written by Mary Amanda Helmich and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Southern Pacific in California by : Kerry Sullivan
Download or read book Southern Pacific in California written by Kerry Sullivan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern Pacific Railroad is California's railroad. As the Central Pacific, it bored and blasted its way east from Sacramento, across the towering High Sierra, meeting with the Union Pacific at Promontory, Utah, completing the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, and profoundly changing the growing United States. By the early 20th century, the Southern Pacific was a rail colossus, stretching from San Francisco Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. Yet the Southern Pacific remained essentially Californian. Its rail lines gave muscle to the lovely California coast, the fertile San Joaquin and Imperial Valleys, and the timber industry of the north coast. Yet for all its might and majesty, for many Californians the Southern Pacific was a smaller, more intimate part of the fabric of their daily lives.
Download or read book Southern Pacific Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Southern Pacific Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Southern Pacific-Western Pacific Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center Publisher :Arcadia Publishing ISBN 13 :1439631123 Total Pages :134 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (396 download)
Book Synopsis Old Sacramento and Downtown by : Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center
Download or read book Old Sacramento and Downtown written by Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06-21 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of gold launched an unprecedented rush of humanity to Californias Sierra foothills. Many of those miners and minerals flowed as naturally as the waterways into a settlement that grew where the American and Sacramento Rivers meet. The Sacramento River, the main traffic artery between the mines and San Francisco Bay, was soon flanked by a burgeoning Embarcadero and commercial district that became Sacramento City in 1849. Paddlewheel riverboats, like the New World, carried goods, passengers, and great wealth. Besting all jealous rivals, Sacramento became the state capital, and a wealthy merchants residence was transformed into the governors mansion. Today downtown and Old Sacramento, a 28-acre state historic district, are thriving, graced by such treasures as the restored State Capitol Building, the art deco Tower Bridge, and scores of historic structures and attractions like the Leland Stanford Mansion and the California State Railroad Museum.
Book Synopsis From the Valley to the Summit by : Stephen Nemeth
Download or read book From the Valley to the Summit written by Stephen Nemeth and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The railroad facility in Sacramento for the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads existed for nearly 130 years. Originally, it was the western terminus of the transcontinental railroad. It grew to be one of the largest employers in the west and was the western hub for making and distributing most equipment used throughout the system.
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Download or read book Western Machinery and Steel World ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Christopher J. Castaneda Publisher :University of Pittsburgh Press ISBN 13 :0822979187 Total Pages :418 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (229 download)
Book Synopsis River City and Valley Life by : Christopher J. Castaneda
Download or read book River City and Valley Life written by Christopher J. Castaneda and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2013-12-09 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often referred to as “the Big Tomato,” Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, seventeen contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacramento and its suburbs, residents, politics, and economics throughout its history. The site that would become Sacramento was settled in 1839, when Johann Augustus Sutter attempted to convert his Mexican land grant into New Helvetia (or “New Switzerland”). It was at Sutter’s sawmill fifty miles to the east that gold was first discovered, leading to the California Gold Rush of 1849. Nearly overnight, Sacramento became a boomtown, and cityhood followed in 1850. Ideally situated at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, the city was connected by waterway to San Francisco and the surrounding region. Combined with the area’s warm and sunny climate, the rivers provided the necessary water supply for agriculture to flourish. The devastation wrought by floods and cholera, however, took a huge toll on early populations and led to the construction of an extensive levee system that raised the downtown street level to combat flooding. Great fortune came when local entrepreneurs built the Central Pacific Railroad, and in 1869 it connected with the Union Pacific Railroad to form the first transcontinental passage. Sacramento soon became an industrial hub and major food-processing center. By 1879, it was named the state capital and seat of government. In the twentieth century, the Sacramento area benefitted from the federal government’s major investment in the construction and operation of three military bases and other regional public works projects. Rapid suburbanization followed along with the building of highways, bridges, schools, parks, hydroelectric dams, and the Rancho Seco nuclear power plant, which activists would later shut down. Today, several tribal gaming resorts attract patrons to the area, while “Old Sacramento” revitalizes the original downtown as it celebrates Sacramento’s pioneering past. This environmental history of Sacramento provides a compelling case study of urban and suburban development in California and the American West. As the contributors show, Sacramento has seen its landscape both ravaged and reborn. As blighted areas, rail yards, and riverfronts have been reclaimed, and parks and green spaces created and expanded, Sacramento’s identity continues to evolve. As it moves beyond its Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad, and government-town heritage, Sacramento remains a city and region deeply rooted in its natural environment.
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Book Synopsis News Bulletin - American Vocational Association by : American Vocational Association
Download or read book News Bulletin - American Vocational Association written by American Vocational Association and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Official Proceedings by : Pacific Coast Railway Club
Download or read book Official Proceedings written by Pacific Coast Railway Club and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Railway Locomotives and Cars written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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