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Author : Frank Nelson Elliott
Publisher : Michigan Department of State
ISBN 13 : 9780935719062
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (19 download)
Download or read book When the Railroad Was King written by Frank Nelson Elliott and published by Michigan Department of State. This book was released on 1988 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Beaumont
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1472246535
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)
Download or read book The Railway King written by Robert Beaumont and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Hudson - the eponymous Railway King - started his career with a stroke of luck, inheriting £27,000 (a fortune in 1827) from a distant relative. He invested successfully in the North Midland Railway, then formed his own Midland Railway, raising £5 million and bribing MPs along the way. But from his glory in 1845 he fell into disgrace, admitting corruption and selling land he did not own. He was eventually imprisoned in York Castle and died a broken man in 1871. His story provides an excellent insight into nineteenth-century politics and industrial progress, full of moral dilemmas and a testimony to the growth of the railways in Britain - a timely subject.
Author : R. B. Fleming
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774853913
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book The Railway King of Canada written by R. B. Fleming and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first two decades of this century, Sir William Mackenzie was one of Canada's best known entrepreneurs. He Spearheading some of the largest and most technologically advanced projects undertaken in Canada, he built a business empire that stretched from Montreal to British Columbia and to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in Brazil. It included gas, electric, telephone and transit utilities, railroads, hotels, and steamships as well as substantial coal mining, whaling, and timber interests. But when he died in 1923, his estate was virtually bankrupt as a result of the dramatic collapse of his Canadian Northern Railway during the First World War. In a business biography intended as much for general readers as for a scholarly audience, Fleming offers a revisionist perspective on Mackenzie. He dispels the simplistic approach of those historians and journalists who have depicted Mackenzie and his partner Sir Donald Mann as melodramatic crooks who could have stepped out of the pages of Huckleberry Finn.
Author : Peter Maynard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615577272
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (772 download)
Download or read book Baltimore's Great "Railroad King" written by Peter Maynard and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.
Publisher : Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.
ISBN 13 : 0359810799
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (598 download)
Download or read book William Johnston: Carolina Railroad King written by Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed. and published by Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Civil War, William Johnston served as president of Charlotte's first railroad, the Charlotte & SC Railroad. After the war, he rebuilt that line and extended it to Augusta, GA, creating the fastest route between New York and the deep South. He was instrumental in connecting Charlotte by rail early to two seaports, Charleston and Wilmington, allowing the small village to grow rapidly. After retiring from railroad management, he served four terms as a transformative Mayor of Charlotte, built the popular Buford Hotel for the region's rail and mill leaders, and co-organized the Commercial National Bank which, through mergers, evolved into today's Bank of America. Beyond these economic contributions, William Johnston successfully proposed an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution to broaden the state's religious tolerance, and also oversaw the creation of Charlotte's first grade school for African-American children. (Recipient of a 2020 Award of Excellence from the North Carolina Society of Historians)
Author : Michael Stefan Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988697799
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (977 download)
Download or read book The Railroads of King of Prussia, PA written by Michael Stefan Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2013 is the 175th anniversary of the year railroads first entered Upper Merion Township. Resident and historian, Michael Shaw, spent the better part of a year diligently researching the history of King of Prussia's railroads, from the past to the present. Here's the scoop on the glorious and often understated history of Upper Merion's railroads, from the Merion/Abrams Yard site to the Trenton Cut-Off and through the Chester Valley Railroad. The future of the rails may lead back to the past with a reintroduction of passenger service. Climb aboard!
Author : Frank Nelson Elliott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (643 download)
Download or read book When the Railroad was King written by Frank Nelson Elliott and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Alexander King
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816640843
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Minnesota Logging Railroads written by Frank Alexander King and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the heyday of lumberjacks and sawmills, railroads such as the Duluth and Northern Minnesota and the Alger-Smith enabled logging companies to break away from the traditional mode of transportation (floating logs downriver) and its shortfalls (logjams and winter freezes). Frank King traces this rich history from its beginnings in 1886 to the railroads' disappearance around 1937 when the last of the giant sawmills closed down. King profiles every logging railroad in Minnesota and examines all aspects of their operations, including locomotives such as the geared Shays and Heislers, McGiffert log loaders, Russel log cars, dump trestles, hot ponds, logging camp life, railroad finances, and the impact on communities as timber supplies ran out and lumbering and sawmill operations shut down, causing thousands to lose their jobs. Heavily illustrated throughout, Minnesota Logging Railroads contains maps, photographs, postcards, engineering drawings, and railroad memorabilia such as timetables, passes, fare receipts, and freight tariffs. The appendixes comprehensively list the state's logging railroads, locomotive rosters, and railroad and lumber company names.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book American Railroad Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Nelson Elliott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book When the Railroad was King written by Frank Nelson Elliott and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 2488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John F. Stover
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781557530660
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)
Download or read book History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad written by John F. Stover and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad in America. As an economic historian, Stover tells the history of the B & O from its beginnings in 1928, and through the dark times of this country's economic growth and downswings. He examines the programs undertaken by the company throughout its history to improve its lines, equipment, and service.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Railroad Safety written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1134 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Awards of the Second Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board, with Index written by United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board and published by . This book was released on with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States Railroad Labor Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board with Addenda and Interpretations written by United States Railroad Labor Board and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Awards ... First Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board written by United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States Railroad Labor Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1302 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cumalative Index to Decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board, to January 1, 1925 written by United States Railroad Labor Board and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
