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  • The Deadliest Train Wrecks of New England

    de Gregg M. Turner ...
    Series series Disaster
    Wrecks and disasters have been part of New England's railroad history since the 1830s. Derailments, head-on collisions, equipment failures, and human error all contributed to the tragic list of events between 1853 and 1966. Forever etched in the public's memory is the horrific bridge disaster at South Norwalk, Connecticut - the deadliest railroad event to occur in the region that claimed forty-six ... Leer más

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  • Chronicles of Old Boston

    Exploring New England's Historic Capital

    de Charles Bahne ...
    Series series Chronicles Series
    Discover one of America's most historic cities through 30 dramatic true stories spanning Boston's 400-year history, and then visit the places where history happened on walking tours of the city's historic neighborhoods. Boston expert Charles Bahne reveals some of the city's most shocking moments, from a murder mystery on the Harvard campus to the mistake that sent two million gallons of molasses ... Leer más

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  • Railroads and the American People

    de H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    "[A] wealth of vignettes and more than 100 black-and-white illustrations . . . Does a fine job of humanizing the iron horse" ( The Wall Street Journal).In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad's "golden age," from 1830 to 1930. He explores four fundamental topics—trains and travel, train stations, railroads and community life, ... Leer más

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  • The Wreck of the Old 97

    de Larry G. Aaron ...
    The cause and aftermath of the horrific railway disaster, examined by an award-winning historian.With Fast Mail train No. 97 an hour behind schedule, locomotive engineer Steve Broady, according to legend, swore to "put her in Spencer on time" or "put her in Hell."Through eyewitness reports and court testimonies, historian Larry Aaron expertly pieces together the events of September 27, 1903, at ... Leer más

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  • The King's Best Highway

    The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America

    de Eric Jaffe ...
    A VIVID AND FASCINATING LOOK AT AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST STORIED HIGHWAY, THE BOSTON POST ROADDuring its evolution from Indian trails to modern interstates, the Boston Post Road, a system of over-land routes between New York City and Boston, has carried not just travelers and mail but the march of American history itself. Eric Jaffe captures the progress of people ... Leer más

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  • Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads

    de Robert L. MacDonald ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    The narrow gauge railroad arrived in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Based on the Welsh two-foot gauge, the American narrow gauge was expanded by railroad engineers to a three-foot gauge that became the standard track width for narrow gauge railroads in the United States. Maine, however, adopted the two-foot gauge that was developed by George E. Mansfield in Massachusetts. The ... Leer más

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  • The Pennsylvania Railroad: A Brief Look in Time

    de Eugene Weiser ...
    Entire libraries could be written on the Pennsylvania Railroad ranging from its history to the different businesses it owned, far too much to cover here which is a mere brief history of the railroad. The Pennsy was an institution to the City of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania. For over 100 years, the keystone represented the PRR as much as it did the State of Pennsylvania itself. For ... Leer más

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  • Beacon Hill, Back Bay, and the Building of Boston's Golden Age

    de Ted Clarke ...
    "Tells the story of Boston's growth in the 19th century, a time of immense cultural and physical expansion in the city." — The Patriot LedgerVenture back to the Boston of the 1800s, when Back Bay was just a wide expanse of water to the west of the Shawmut Peninsula and merchants peddled their wares to sailors along the docks. Witness the beginning of the American Industrial Revolution; learn how a ... Leer más

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  • The B & O Railroad: A Brief History in Time

    de Eugene Weiser ...
    The History of American Railroads series takes you through the trials and tribulations faced by the influential railroads that formed America. The first book in the series discusses the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from beginning until it was absorbed by the CSX railroad. ... Leer más

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  • The Southern Railway

    de Sallie Loy, Dick Hillman, C. Pat Cates, Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Southern Railway Historical Assocuiation ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    Go inside the transition from steam to diesel, the pinnacle of rail travel and the development of the South through much of the 20th century. The Southern Railway was the pinnacle of rail service in the South for nearly 100 years. Its roots stretch back to 1827, when the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company was founded in Charleston to provide freight transportation and America's first ... Leer más

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  • Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

    de Kenneth C. Springirth ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    Andrew Carnegie�s vision of transporting iron ore from his boats on Lake Erie to his Pittsburgh steel mills was realized when he obtained ownership of a series of railroad companies in the region. In 1900, these companies became the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, which connected the Lake Erie ports of Erie, Pennsylvania, and Conneaut, Ohio, south to North Bessemer near Pittsburgh. Through ... Leer más

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  • The Southern Railway: Further Recollections

    de C. Pat Cates, Dick Hillman, Sallie Loy, Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Southern Railway Historical Association ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    Following on the heels of Images of Rail: The Southern Railway, this volume takes a more detailed look at a historic railroad that has served the South for over 100 years and continues to serve as the Norfolk Southern Railway. Included in these pages are stories of bravery in war andingenuity in peace. From 1942 to 1945, the 727th Railway Operating Battalion'sponsored by the Southern Railway ... Leer más

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