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Download or read book Hudson River and the Hudson River Railroad written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Timothy Starr
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467105600
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Railroads of New York's Capital District written by Timothy Starr and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York's Capital District was ideally situated to become one of the nation's earliest and most important transportation crossroads. The Mohawk River was the only water level gap in the Appalachian range to the west, which led to the construction of the Erie Canal. Soon after its completion, the state's first railroad began operating between Albany and Schenectady in 1831. Other pioneer railroads followed, heading north to Canada, south to New York City, west to Chicago, and east to Boston. Over the next century, railroads like the New York Central, Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine, and Delaware & Hudson built extensive passenger stations, freight and classification yards, and repair shops in the tri-city region. Passenger operations continue today at the Schenectady and Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak stations, while the Selkirk Yard is still an important classification point for CSX Transportation.
Author : William D. Edson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965961714
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Steam Locomotives of the New York Central Lines written by William D. Edson and published by . This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the steam locomotives of the New York Central Lines west of Buffalo, NY, including their specifications, builder data and disposition and the lines predecestors.
Author : Robert E. Henshaw
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438440286
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Environmental History of the Hudson River written by Robert E. Henshaw and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2012 Award for Excellence presented by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network The diverse contributions to Environmental History of the Hudson River examine how the natural and physical attributes of the river have influenced human settlement and uses, and how human occupation has, in turn, affected the ecology and environmental health of the river. The Hudson River Valley may be America's premier river environmental laboratory, and by bringing historians and social scientists together with biologists and other physical scientists, this book hopes to foster new ways of looking at and talking about this historically, commercially, and aesthetically important ecosystem. Native people's influences on the ecological integrity of aquatic and shoreline communities were generally local and minor, and for the first 12,000 years or so of human use, the Hudson River was valued mainly as a source of water, food, and transportation. Since the arrival of European colonists, however, commerce has been the engine that has driven development and use of the river, from the harvesting of beaver pelts and timber to the siting of manufacturing industries and power plants, and all of these uses have had pervasive effects on the river's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In the meantime, aesthetic movements such as the Hudson River School of painting have sought to recover and preserve the earlier pastoral landscape, anticipating the more recent efforts by environmentalists that have led to dramatic improvements in water quality, shoreline habitats, and fish populations. Despite the pervasive forces of commerce, the Hudson River has retained its world-class scenic qualities. The Upper Hudson remains today a free-flowing, tumbling mountain stream, and the Lower Hudson a fjord penetrated and dominated by the Hudson Highlands. The Hudson's unique history continues to affect current uses and will surely influence the future in remarkable ways.
Author : Hudson River Maritime Museum
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467103306
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Hudson River Lighthouses written by Hudson River Maritime Museum and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lighthouses were built on the Hudson River in New York between 1826 to 1921 to help guide freight and passenger traffic. One of the most famous was the iconic Statue of Liberty. This fascinating history with photos will bring the time of traffic along the river alive. Set against the backdrop of purple mountains, lush hillsides, and tidal wetlands, the lighthouses of the Hudson River were built between 1826 and 1921 to improve navigational safety on a river teeming with freight and passenger traffic. Unlike the towering beacons of the seacoasts, these river lighthouses were architecturally diverse, ranging from short conical towers to elaborate Victorian houses. Operated by men and women who at times risked and lost their lives in service of safe navigation, these beacons have overseen more than a century of extraordinary technological and social change. Of the dozens of historic lighthouses and beacons that once dotted the Hudson River, just eight remain, including the iconic Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor's great monument to freedom and immigration, which served as an official lighthouse between 1886 and 1902. Hudson River Lighthouses invites readers to explore these unique icons and their fascinating stories.
Author : Hamilton Deane
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573608223
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Dracula written by Hamilton Deane and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1960 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drama Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, from Bram Stoker's novel Characters: 6 male, 2 female 3 Interior Scenes An enormously successful revival of this classic opened on Broadway in 1977 fifty years after the original production. This is one of the great mystery thrillers and is generally considered among the best of its kind. Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanitorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing,
Author : Matthew M. Osterberg
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738510873
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad written by Matthew M. Osterberg and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania at Carbondale to the Hudson River in New York near Kingston, the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company and the Gravity Railroad transformed long tracks of wilderness into thriving economic areas. Conceived as an inexpensive way to transport anthracite coal, the canal began hauling loads in 1828 to the Hudson River, where barges to New York City took over. A leader in the technologies of the time, the canal company used the first telegraph system in America, and when Delaware & Hudson engineer Horatio Allen ran the locomotive Stourbridge Lion in Honesdale, he became the first to run a commercial steam locomotive on tracks in the Western Hemisphere. The Delaware & Hudson Canal was privately funded, and when stock was offered for sale in 1825, it soon became the first American company capitalized at $1 million. The Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad uses fascinating vintage photographs to tell an amazing piece of American history. It shows the mules, the canal boats, the locomotives, and the men who ran this technological wonder, boasting one hundred eight locks over one hundred eight miles, plus four suspension aqueducts built by John A. Roebling of Brooklyn Bridge fame. The Gravity Railroad is shown as well, hauling coal from Carbondale to Honesdale over the Moosic Mountains, a rise of more than one thousand feet. The Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad tells the story of an American industrial masterpiece.
Author : Thomas E. Rinaldi
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584655985
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (559 download)
Download or read book Hudson Valley Ruins written by Thomas E. Rinaldi and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elegant homage to the many deserted buildings along the Hudson River--and a plea for their preservation.
Author : Robert P. Watson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438451350
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book America's First Crisis written by Robert P. Watson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold Medalist, 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the U.S. History Category The War of 1812, sometimes called "America's forgotten war," was a curious affair. At the time, it was dismissed as "Mr. Madison's War." Later it was hailed by some as America's "Second War for Independence" and ridiculed by others, such as President Harry Truman, as "the silliest damned war we ever had." The conflict, which produced several great heroes and future presidents, was all this and more. In America's First Crisis Robert P. Watson tells the stories of the most intriguing battles and leaders and shares the most important blunders and victories of the war. What started out as an effort to invade Canada, fueled by anger over the harassment of American merchant ships by the Royal Navy, soon turned into an all-out effort to fend off an invasion by Britain. Armies marched across the Canadian border and sacked villages; navies battled on Lake Ontario, Lake Champlain, and the world's oceans; both the American and Canadian capitals were burned; and, in a final irony, the United States won its greatest victory in New Orleans—after the peace treaty had been signed.
Author : Raymond J. Baxter
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780823219544
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Railroad Ferries of the Hudson written by Raymond J. Baxter and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroad Ferries of the Hudson and the Stories of a Deckhand is a complete business, economic, technical, and social history of the ferryboats that were once operated across the Hudson River to Manhattan from New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long-distance passenger trains. The work also covers the Staten Island Ferry (formerly operated by the B&O Railroad) and New York Waterway's present-day revival of services connecting with New Jersey Transit commuter-train services.
Author : New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company to the Stockholders written by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Will Ellis
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764347610
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (476 download)
Download or read book Abandoned NYC written by Will Ellis and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Manhattan and Brooklyn's trendiest neighbourhoods to the far-flung edges of the outer boroughs, Ellis captures the lost and lonely corners of New York. Step inside the New York you never knew, with 200 eerie images of urban decay
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 9780760329283
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (292 download)
Download or read book New York Central Railroad written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades the New York Central reigned as one of Americas most important railroads. Beginning with the 1853 consolidation of a group of fledgling railways that formed a route from Buffalo to Albany, the New York Central grew into a powerhouse transportation company with more than 10,000 route miles. This illustrated history of the railroad that grew to power under the Vanderbilt dynasty covers every aspect of the New York Central through its 1968 merger with longtime rival Pennsylvania Railroad and the eventual merger of Penn Centrals successor, Conrail, into Norfolk Southern and CSX. Along the way, readers are treated to a selection of archival photographs, commissioned route maps, period ads, and timetables detailing all of New York Centrals operations--steam and diesel, freight and passenger--not to mention associated icons like Grand Central Terminal, the legendary Henry Dreyfuss shrouded Hudson steam locomotives, the Water Level Route, and the 20th Century Limited passenger trains. Prolific railway author Brian Solomon sources 150 evocative photographs, promotional materials, and postcards not included in the previous edition to deliver a nostalgic and colorful look at the New York Central. In addition, there are four specially commissioned maps.
Author : Jim Heron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Denning's Point written by Jim Heron and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Denning's Point--a 64-acre peninsula reaching into the mid-Hudson River from the port city of Beacon, New York--is a microcosm of the history of the Hudson River Valley. Now a state park and home to The Beacon Institute for Rivers & Estuaries, Denning's Point, as this lavishly illustrated book shows, went through many incarnations from ancient Native American campsite to colonial homestead, one of Alexander Hamilton's Revolutionary War residences, an early 19th century great estate, a colossal brickyard, and now a center for ecological research and education.
Author : Carleton Mabee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781930098251
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Bridging the Hudson written by Carleton Mabee and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian J. Cudahy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780823221899
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Rails Under the Mighty Hudson written by Brian J. Cudahy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rails Under the Mighty Hudson tells a story that begins in the final years of the nineteenth century and reaches fulfillment in the first decade of the twentieth: namely, the building of rail tunnels under the Hudson River linking New Jersey and New York. These tunnels remain in service today-although one is temporarily out of service since its Manhattan terminal was under the World Trade Center-and are the only rail crossings of the Hudson in the metropolitan area. Two of the tunnels were built by the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, a company headed by William Gibbs McAdoo, a man who later served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and even mounted a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination at one point. McAdoo's H&M remains in service today as the PATH System of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The other tunnel was opened in 1910 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, led to the magnificent Penn Station on Eighth Avenue and 33rd Street, and remains in daily service today for both Amtrak and New Jersey Transit. The author has updated this new edition with additional photographs, a concluding chapter on recent developments, and a Preface that recounts the last trains of September to the World Trade Center Terminal.
Author : Art Peterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781627008631
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Classic Railroad Scenes: Railroads at Work Hard Cover written by Art Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art Peterson is back with more color images from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. This book focuses on freight railroading and features scenes of switching and trains in industrial areas in the Transition and Classic eras. Large photos and in depth captions go beyond just telling what's in the photo - they put the images in context with the greater railroad scene as well as what was going on in the larger society.
