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How Infrastructure Works

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de Deb Chachra ...

'Pulsing with wisdom and humanity... a masterpiece' ED YONG'A hopeful, lyrical - even beautiful - hymn to the systems of mutual aid we embed in our material world' CORY DOCTOROW'An extraordinary book' MARK MIODOWNIK'You won't see the world the same after reading this book!' AUSTIN KLEONEvery day, we are granted the power to travel at high speeds, fly, see in the dark, summon water from ... ... Citiți mai mult

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The Great Western Steam Retreat

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de Keith Widdowson ...

In mid-1964, Keith Widdowson got wind that the Western Region was hell-bent on being the first to eliminate the steam locomotive on its tracks by December 1965. The 17-year-old hurriedly homed in on train services still in the hands of GWR steam power, aiming to catch runs with the last examples before their premature annihilation. The Great Western Steam Retreat recalls Widdowson’s teenage ... Citiți mai mult

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The History of the London Underground Map

de Caroline Roope ...

Few transportation maps can boast the pedigree that London’s iconic ‘Tube’ map can. Sported on t-shirts, keyrings, duvet covers, and most recently, downloaded an astonishing twenty million times in app form, the map remains a long-standing icon of British design and ingenuity. Hailed by the art and design community as a cultural artifact, it has also inspired other culturally important pieces of ... Citiți mai mult

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Lake Winnipesaukee

de Bruce Heald ...

Seria seria Making of America
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Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad

de Stephen E. Drew ...

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de Jim Sundman ...

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In 1857, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) took over Pennsylvania's Main Line of Public Works, a state-owned railroad and canal system built in the 1830s. Most are gone, but fortunately some still stand and are in use today. Costly to build and maintain, and never attracting the traffic needed to sustain it, the state was eager to let it go. Keeping the rail portion and combining it with its own ... Citiți mai mult

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The Upper Merrimack Valley to Winnipesaukee By Rail

de Bruce D. Heald, Joseph A. Bush Sr. ...

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de John Schmale, Kristina Schmale ...

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de Val Husley ...

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Site of the landing of Pierre LeMoyne Sieur d'Iberville in February 1699 and the birthplace of the French colony la Louisiane, Biloxi has been nurtured by the waters of the Gulf of Mexico for more than three hundred years. Located almost due north of the mouth of the Mississippi, on a coast laced with small rivers, bays, and bayous, the historic peninsula city owes much of its fortune and growth ... Citiți mai mult

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de Dan Bolyard ...

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Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

de Kenneth C. Springirth ...

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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 ... Citiți mai mult

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Maritime Marion Massachusetts

de Judith Westlund Rosbe ...

Seria seria Making of America
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Cleveland Mainline Railroads

de Craig Sanders ...

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de Grant Ute, Bruce Singer ...

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Across the great bay from San Francisco, the city of Alameda evolved into an island hometown of fine Victorian and Craftsman architecture and a port containing a naval air station, shipbuilding center, and the winter home of the long-gone Alaska Packers fleet of �tall ships.� But Alameda also was a busy railroad town. In 1864, a passenger railroad with a ferry connection created a commute to San ... Citiți mai mult

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Kansas City Southern Railway

de Thad Hillis Carter ...

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The Kansas City Southern Railway initially offered freight service to the immediate Kansas City area south. As the line expanded toward Texas, each tiny community had its own railway station with access to daily passenger service and less-than-carload lot freight services. No one could have foreseen that the road would eventually haul international import and export goods or that its line would ... Citiți mai mult

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The Kansas City Southern Railway initially offered freight service to the immediate Kansas City area south. As the line expanded toward Texas, each tiny community had its own railway station with access to daily passenger service and less-than-carload lot freight services. No one could have foreseen that the road would eventually haul international import and export goods or that its line would
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Yreka Western Railroad

de Matt Starman, Tim Stricker ...

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The city of Yreka was determined to have a railroad. When the Southern Pacific Railroad decided in 1883 to bypass Yreka, the citizens constructed their own railroad known as the Yreka Railroad Company. This railroad managed to eke out a living over the next few decades. In the 1930s, the railroad was reincorporated as the Yreka Western Railroad. By the mid-1930s, the railroad went bankrupt and was ... Citiți mai mult

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The city of Yreka was determined to have a railroad. When the Southern Pacific Railroad decided in 1883 to bypass Yreka, the citizens constructed their own railroad known as the Yreka Railroad Company. This railroad managed to eke out a living over the next few decades. In the 1930s, the railroad was reincorporated as the Yreka Western Railroad. By the mid-1930s, the railroad went bankrupt and was
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Greater Wyoming Valley Trolleys

de Harrison Wick ...

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The Wyoming Valley is nestled among the Endless Mountains in Luzerne County with the scenic Susquehanna River meandering through it. Best known for its rich deposits of anthracite coal, the Wyoming Valley was first colonized by Connecticut settlers in 1769. Electric trolleys served many urban centers in Pennsylvania. Trolley service in the Wyoming Valley started in 1888 and lasted for more than 60 ... Citiți mai mult

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The Wyoming Valley is nestled among the Endless Mountains in Luzerne County with the scenic Susquehanna River meandering through it. Best known for its rich deposits of anthracite coal, the Wyoming Valley was first colonized by Connecticut settlers in 1769. Electric trolleys served many urban centers in Pennsylvania. Trolley service in the Wyoming Valley started in 1888 and lasted for more than 60
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Sussex Railway Stations Through Time

de Douglas d'Enno ...

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It was in 1841 that the London & Brighton Railway constructed the line from Norwood (linking with the London & Croydon Railway) to the coast. The lines built between 1841 and 1868 formed a comprehensive countywide network, extending from Three Bridges to Midhurst and Chichester in the west and (via the South Eastern Railway) from Tunbridge Wells to Bexhill, thence to Rye, in the east. The county’s ... Citiți mai mult

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It was in 1841 that the London & Brighton Railway constructed the line from Norwood (linking with the London & Croydon Railway) to the coast. The lines built between 1841 and 1868 formed a comprehensive countywide network, extending from Three Bridges to Midhurst and Chichester in the west and (via the South Eastern Railway) from Tunbridge Wells to Bexhill, thence to Rye, in the east. The county’s
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Western Steam Days Remembered

de Kevin Derrick ...

Western Steam Days Remembered takes a pictorial tour of the Western Region through the 1950s and into the early 1960s to enjoy the splendour of steam across both mainlines and branches alike. There is a superb selection of Swindon’s finest steam locomotives to be seen, along with a sprinkling of Standards and visitors from other regions as well. Our grand tour of the region enjoys visits to: ... Citiți mai mult

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Western Steam Days Remembered takes a pictorial tour of the Western Region through the 1950s and into the early 1960s to enjoy the splendour of steam across both mainlines and branches alike. There is a superb selection of Swindon’s finest steam locomotives to be seen, along with a sprinkling of Standards and visitors from other regions as well. Our grand tour of the region enjoys visits to:
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Steam Engines and Steam Railways

A Young Person's Guide

de Stuart Hylton ...

Steam engines and steam railways have a long, fascinating history, with many exciting areas to explore. Whether you are visiting a steam railway, or simply want to know more about how steam railways helped to develop the modern world, this is the book for you. When was the steam engine first invented? How do steam engines work? Which were the most famous engines, and railway lines? How does a ... Citiți mai mult

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Steam engines and steam railways have a long, fascinating history, with many exciting areas to explore. Whether you are visiting a steam railway, or simply want to know more about how steam railways helped to develop the modern world, this is the book for you. When was the steam engine first invented? How do steam engines work? Which were the most famous engines, and railway lines? How does a
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GWR Locomotives: The Prairies

de Allen Jackson ...

Known as the Prairies, these tank engines of the 2-6-2T variety were some of Churchward’s earliest designs and were the precursor for successful variations of one of the classes – numbered 51XX until 1949. There were two basic types, the smaller type for branch lines and the larger type mostly for outer suburban work in London and Birmingham, but also used as banking engines at Sapperton, Rattery, ... Citiți mai mult

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Known as the Prairies, these tank engines of the 2-6-2T variety were some of Churchward’s earliest designs and were the precursor for successful variations of one of the classes – numbered 51XX until 1949. There were two basic types, the smaller type for branch lines and the larger type mostly for outer suburban work in London and Birmingham, but also used as banking engines at Sapperton, Rattery,
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