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The Collapse of Richmond's Church Hill Tunnel

Author : Walter S. Griggs Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614234876
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book The Collapse of Richmond's Church Hill Tunnel written by Walter S. Griggs Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the facts and mysteries surrounding the history and collapse of Richmond, Virginia's Church Hill Tunnel. A must for fans of railroad and Richmond history. Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, was in shambles after the Civil War. The bulk of Reconstruction became dependent on the railways, and one of the most important links in the system was the Church Hill Tunnel. The tunnel was eventually rendered obsolete by an alternative path over a viaduct, and it was closed for regular operation in 1902. However, the city still used it infrequently to transport supplies, and it was maintained with regular safety inspections. The city decided to reopen the tunnel in 1925 due to overcrowding on the viaduct, but the tunnel needed to be strengthened and enlarged. On October 2, 1925, 190 ft. of the tunnel unexpectedly caved in, trapping construction workers and an entire locomotive inside. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the tunnel and the mystery surrounding its collapse. There were cave-ins and sink holes above the surface for decades after the tunnel was sealed up, and in 1998, a reporter from the Richmond Times-Dispatch did an investigation, trying to determine the current condition of the tunnel. In 2006, the Virginia Historical Society announced its efforts to try and excavate the locomotive and remaining bodies.

A Memory of Trains

Author : Louis Decimus Rubin (Jr.)
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570033827
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book A Memory of Trains written by Louis Decimus Rubin (Jr.) and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a literary critic and historian, uses over 100 of his own photographs to recall his life-long love of trains.

Historic Disasters of Richmond

Author : Walter S. Griggs Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467118869
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Book Synopsis Historic Disasters of Richmond by : Walter S. Griggs Jr.

Download or read book Historic Disasters of Richmond written by Walter S. Griggs Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richmond has had its share of man-made and natural calamities throughout its illustrious history. In 1811, fire destroyed the Richmond Theatre on Broad Street, tragically claiming seventy-two lives in one of the worst urban disasters in American history. As Union forces approached Richmond in the final months of the Civil War, Confederate troops ignited the city in flames, leaving scars still visible today. The international Spanish flu epidemic did not spare the city in the early twentieth century. The worst airplane crash in Virginia history occurred near Byrd Airport in 1961. Local author Walter S. Griggs tells these stories and more as he traces the harrowing history of Richmond's most famous disasters.

Trumbull

Author : Trumbull Historical Society
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439631719
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Trumbull written by Trumbull Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004-02-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trumbull, Connecticut, was a small community with a lush landscape spotted with farms and light industries before the era of World War II. After the war, many soldiers returned to the states and came to Trumbull looking for homes. The explosion of Trumbulls economic market caused much of the farmland to become housing developments to accommodate the veterans and their families. This volume of nearly two hundred images looks back at Trumbull during the quieter era between 1890 and 1940, before the town was flooded with the mad rush of people and businesses. These fifty years detail a history marked by the prosperous times of the early twentieth century, the pain and anguish of World War I, and the gloomy grip of the Depression. Small-town life comes alive in the faces and places of Trumbull, and these photographs and their stories take a reader back into a time that seems so much simpler than todays hustle and bustle.

Henrico County

Author : Louis H. Manarin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738542645
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Henrico County written by Louis H. Manarin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First explored by colonists in 1607, the territory that was to become Henrico County was the site of the second English settlement in the colony of Virginia. Settled in 1611, Henrico was named for Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales. Henrico was the site of the first college and the first iron works in the New World and is one of the original shires, or counties, in Virginia. Extending along the James River from its junction with the Appomattox River to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Henrico was eventually subdivided into nine-and-a-half counties and three independent cities. During 1861 to 1865, 18 major battles and numerous heavy engagements were fought on Henrico soil. From the end of the Civil War until World War II, agriculture was the backbone of the county's economy. After the war, the county experienced a surge in population that resulted in the growth of service industries. Today it is a vibrant urban county.

Fifty Five Years at Sea

Author : Monica Ruth Pattangall
Publisher : Monica Ruth Pattangall
ISBN 13 : 0692628568
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Fifty Five Years at Sea written by Monica Ruth Pattangall and published by Monica Ruth Pattangall. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty Five Years at Sea is the story of the author's great-great-grandfather, Captain William Sewall Nickels ((1836-1920). For fifty-five years, he had no fixed address. He was one of the hundreds of nineteenth century master mariners from Prospect, now Searsport, Maine. Captain Nickels spent fifty-five years of his life on merchant sailing vessels, forty-five of them as commander. His wife followed him to sea, and his daughters were raised on his ships.In words and pictures, it covers seven generations of Captain Nickels' family from the time his great-grandparents first settled on the shores of Penobscot Bay, before the American Revolution. It follows his early years on a farm in Prospect (now Searsport), Maine; his fifty-five years as a merchant mariner; his retirement to Sailors' Snug Harbor in Staten Island, New York; the fates of his children and grandchildren, and the births of his great-grandchildren in the years before his death. It is a memorial to a simple man, an uncelebrated mariner, who lived long, worked hard, loved deeply, and spent fifty-five years at sea.

African Americans of Lower Richland County

Author : Marie Barber Adams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439626529
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book African Americans of Lower Richland County written by Marie Barber Adams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lower Richland County encompasses approximately 360 square miles in the heart of South Carolina's geographic center. The Wateree River cradles it to the east, and the Congaree River borders the south and southwest. Virginia settlers discovered this rich land over 250 years ago. They became wealthy planters and accumulated large land tracts, creating plantation systems that sustained the economy. From 1783 until 1820, cotton was the principal cash crop, and the slave population increased tremendously and played a vital role in the development of agriculture and the economy in the area.

Phase 1 Regional Rail System, Durham and Wake Counties

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Phase 1 Regional Rail System, Durham and Wake Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report on Discriminations and Monopolies in Coal and Oil

Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
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Download or read book Report on Discriminations and Monopolies in Coal and Oil written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Slaves Waiting for Sale

Author : Maurie D. McInnis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226559335
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Slaves Waiting for Sale written by Maurie D. McInnis and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the culminating painting, Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia. This innovative book uses Crowe’s paintings to explore the texture of the slave trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans, the evolving iconography of abolitionist art, and the role of visual culture in the transatlantic world of abolitionism. Tracing Crowe’s trajectory from Richmond across the American South and back to London—where his paintings were exhibited just a few weeks after the start of the Civil War—Maurie D. McInnis illuminates not only how his abolitionist art was inspired and made, but also how it influenced the international public’s grasp of slavery in America. With almost 140 illustrations, Slaves Waiting for Sale brings a fresh perspective to the American slave trade and abolitionism as we enter the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.

ALONG THE WAY

Author : Robert Louis Taylor
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1499033362
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book ALONG THE WAY written by Robert Louis Taylor and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written to provide a genealogical account of my family history. There was a driving need to tell this story for the benefit of all of my family, but mostly for my children, Megan, Nicole, Natalie & Robbie, my two step-sons, Marc and Paul and all of those who will come after them. Many hours, weeks, months and years searching the genealogical archives of the Mormon Temple, countless interviews, many trips to grave sites, monuments, and travels to far away places, went into this writing. To give an account of a family's genealogy can be a most complex and daunting task. The research alone can be overwhelming. I have tried to provide the reader with as much detail and accuracy as possible. My intent was to structure this book in a manner that will serve as a reference for those family members, and others as well, who might have the need and interest in knowing the ancestry of those denoted in this writing. The major portion of this book is based on written documentation. However, some of its content is based on verbal accounts and may be subject to some error. For this I sincerely apologize and welcome any and all corrections. Many thanks and great appreciation to my mother, (Rev. Dr. Allie Mae Bellar-Allen), my stepfather, (Lloyd Christopher Allen), my uncle, (Clarence Knox Taylor), my brother in law, Dale Bonzo Etrata and all the other, for sharing their wealth of knowledge concerning the family histories represented in this book. Thanks for taking the time to share it with me. Above all, I must thank my wife, (Rita Teresa) for her support and understanding; the years and years of listening to me pour over data and digging up the past. She has heard me go over data from my research, recalling events names and places so much that she knows them better than I do. My deepest gratitude to you all, and to you all I dedicate this book. Many thanks to Dr. Allen for the many stories and accounts of her pass that inspired me to write this book. Without her I would never have begin the research that led to this writing.

Herald of Gospel Liberty

Author : Elias Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1708 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Herald of Gospel Liberty written by Elias Smith and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual Report and Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club

Author : Belfast Naturalists' Field Club
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report and Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club written by Belfast Naturalists' Field Club and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Code of the State of Georgia

Author : Georgia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Code of the State of Georgia written by Georgia and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Supplement to The Code of the State of Georgia

Author : Georgia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Supplement to The Code of the State of Georgia written by Georgia and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rick Steves Budapest

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
ISBN 13 : 1641713895
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Rick Steves Budapest written by Rick Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now more than ever, you can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Budapest. Admire opulent Golden Age architecture, soak in a thermal bath, and wander the winding streets of old villages: with Rick Steves, Budapest is yours to discover! Inside Rick Steves Budapest you'll find: Fully updated comprehensive coverage of Budapest, as well as day trips to Gödöllö Palace, Lázár Lovaspark, Holókö, the Danube Bend, Szentendre, Visegrád, Esztergom, and more Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites Top sights and hidden gems, from the ornate Parliament building and the Széchnyi Baths to local unicum distilleries (Hungary's favorite spirit!) How to connect with local culture: Catch a world-class opera performance, dive into a bowl of goulash, or sample paprika at the Great Market Hall Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight The best places to eat, sleep, and relax with a glass of pálinka Self-guided walking tours of lively neighborhoods and historic museums Detailed neighborhood maps for exploring on the go Useful resources including a packing list, a Hungarian phrase book, a historical overview, and recommended reading Over 500 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Budapest. Expanding your trip? Try Rick Steves Eastern Europe.