The Interurban Era Classic Reprint

Author : William D. Middleton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1334185905

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The Interurban Era (Classic Reprint) by William D. Middleton Pdf

Excerpt from The Interurban Era Wherever possible I have chosen illustrative ma terial that is previously unpublished or has been but little seen, but where completeness of coverage has occasionally required the use of illustrations that have been widely published in Other works on the subject, they have been used without hesitation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William D. Middleton
Publisher : William D. Middleton
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The interurban era by William D. Middleton Pdf

The interurban era

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015013030682

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Trains by Anonim Pdf

Author : Erin L. VanFossen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0738532886

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New Philadelphia in Vintage Postcards by Erin L. VanFossen Pdf

In 1772, Native Americans granted land in the Tuscarawas Valley to Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, and he established the Christian community of Schoenbrunn Village, which remained until 1777 when members were forced to relocate. Then in late 1804, John Knisely, his family, and other pioneers braved the western frontier and settled on the Tuscarawas River near the Schoenbrunn Village site. On October 23, 1804, John Knisely founded the town of New Philadelphia. He was a great philanthropist, donating land to the city for future public buildings, guaranteeing its selection as the Tuscarawas County Seat. In Schoenbrunn Village, which has been partially excavated and rebuilt as a historic site in New Philadelphia, missionaries lived in harmony with Native Americans, and so it seems fitting that New Philadelphia, through the influence of John Knisely's generosity, has maintained its image as the new "city of brotherly love." Two hundred years later, the city strives to keep Knisely's dream alive with its generous allocation of resources and commitment to those in need.

Author : Mike Schafer
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9780760316498

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Classic American Railroads by Mike Schafer Pdf

This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015048239381

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Railfan & Railroad by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mike Schafer
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9780760307588

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More Classic American Railroads by Mike Schafer Pdf

In the latest mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd, World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford investigates an old murder that occurred during her childhood in India, a search for the truth that will transform her and leave her pondering a troubling question: How can facts lie? Bess Crawford enjoyed a wondrous childhood in India, where her father, a colonel in the British Army, was stationed on the Northwest Frontier. But an unforgettable incident darkened that happy time. In 1908, Colonel Crawford's regiment discovered that it had a murderer in its ranks, an officer who killed five people in India and England yet was never brought to trial. In the eyes of many of these soldiers, men defined by honor and duty, the crime was a stain on the regiment's reputation and on the good name of Bess's father, the Colonel Sahib, who had trained the killer. A decade later, tending to the wounded on the battlefields of France during World War I, Bess learns from a dying Indian sergeant that the supposed murderer, Lieutenant Wade, is alive—and serving at the Front. Bess cannot believe the shocking news. According to reliable reports, Wade's body had been seen deep in the Khyber Pass, where he had died trying to reach Afghanistan. Soon, though, her mind is racing. How had he escaped from India? What had driven a good man to murder in cold blood? Wanting answers, she uses her leave to investigate. In the village where the first three killings took place, she discovers that the locals are certain that the British soldier was innocent. Yet the present owner of the house where the crime was committed believes otherwise, and is convinced that Bess's father helped Wade flee. To settle the matter once and for all, Bess sets out to find Wade and let the courts decide. But when she stumbles on the horrific truth, something that even the famous writer Rudyard Kipling had kept secret all his life, she is shaken to her very core. The facts will damn Wade even as they reveal a brutal reality, a reality that could have been her own fate.

Author : John F. Wasik
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250089120

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The Merchant of Power by John F. Wasik Pdf

A timely rags-to-riches story, The Merchant of Power recounts how Sam Insull--right hand to Thomas Edison--went on to become one of the richest men in the world, pivotal in the birth of General Electric and instrumental in the creation of the modern metropolis with his invention of the power grid, which still fuels major cities today. John Wasik, awarded the National Press Club Award for Consumer Journalism, had unprecedented access to Sam Insull's archives, which include private correspondence with Thomas Edison. The extraordinary fall of a man extraordinary for his time is revealed in this cautionary tale about the excesses of corporate power.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1862 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498702

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3310 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015054057792

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Subject Guide to Books in Print by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter A. Hansen,Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes,Don L. Hofsommer
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780253062376

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Crossroads of a Continent by Peter A. Hansen,Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes,Don L. Hofsommer Pdf

Crossroads of a Continent: Missouri Railroads, 1851-1921 tells the story of the state's railroads and their vital role in American history. Missouri and St. Louis, its largest city, are strategically located within the American Heartland. On July 4, 1851, when the Pacific Railroad of Missouri began construction in St. Louis, the city took its first step to becoming a major hub for railroads. By the 1920s, the state was crisscrossed with railways reaching toward all points of the compass. Authors Peter A. Hansen, Don L. Hofsommer, and Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes explore the history of Missouri railroads through personal, absorbing tales of the cutthroat competition between cities and between railroads that meant the difference between prosperity and obscurity, the ambitions and dreams of visionaries Fred Harvey and Arthur Stilwell, and the country's excitement over the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 color images of historical railway ephemera, Crossroads of a Continent is an engaging history of key American railroads and of Missouri's critical contribution to the American story.

Author : Robert Townley,Walter Rice,Emiliano Echeverria,Don Holmgren
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0738530085

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San Francisco's Interurban to San Mateo by Robert Townley,Walter Rice,Emiliano Echeverria,Don Holmgren Pdf

It's strange to think that an electric commuter rail line rivaling BART in efficiency, speed, and comfort ran over 100 years ago between San Francisco and San Mateo, but run it did. The 40 Line, or San Mateo Interurban, began in 1892 with an initial segment operating between Market and Steuart Streets out to the county limits on San Jose Avenue. Three years later, the line reached Baden in present-day South San Francisco, and by 1903 service was opened all the way to downtown San Mateo. During the line's heyday, there was talk of extending it down the peninsula from San Mateo to Palo Alto to connect with the Peninsular Railway to San Jose. The 1906 earthquake put this plan on hold. Following much the same route as today's Mission Street, El Camino Real, and Caltrain, the San Mateo Interurban carried over four million passengers a year along its main and spur lines until 1949, when the system was shut down amidst much fanfare.

Author : Raymond Chandler
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547190608

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The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : George Woodman Hilton,John Fitzgerald Due
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0804740143

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The Electric Interurban Railways in America by George Woodman Hilton,John Fitzgerald Due Pdf

One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans were largely constructed in the early 1900s. The rise of the automobile and motor transport caused the industry to decline after World War I, and the depression virtually annihilated the industry by the middle 1930s. Part I describes interurban construction, technology, passenger and freight traffic, financial history, and final decline and abandonment. Part II presents individual histories (with route maps) of the more than 300 companies of the interurban industry. Reviews "A first-rate work of such detail and discernment that it might well serve as a model for all corporate biographies. . . . A wonderfully capable job of distillation." —Trains "Few economic, social, and business historians can afford to miss this definitive study." —Mississippi Valley Historical Review "All seekers after nostalgia will be interested in this encyclopedic volume on the days when the clang, clang of the trolley was the most exciting travel sound the suburbs knew." —Harper's Magazine "A fascinating and instructive chapter in the history of American transportation." —Journal of Economic History "The hint that behind the grand facade of scholarship lies an expanse of boyish enthusiasm is strengthened by a lovingly amassed and beautifully reproduced collection of 37 photographs." —The Nation

Author : William D. Middleton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-04-22
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0253336996

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Yet There Isn't a Train I Wouldn't Take by William D. Middleton Pdf

Yet there isn't a train goes by all day But I hear its whistle shrieking.... Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going. —Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Travel" "Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take" is a collection of stories about favorite train journeys by an inveterate railway enthusiast and train traveler. A half century career as an engineer, Naval officer, and university administrator took Bill Middleton to almost every part of the globe, and everywhere he took with him an abiding interest in railways, and a notebook and camera to record his experiences. His North American journeys have included experiences as diverse as the long journey north through Manitoba to polar bear country on Hudson Bay, a trip to Minnesota's Mesabi Range to haul a boatload of iron ore to Lake Superior behind a giant Yellowstone articulated steam locomotive, and the trip between Costa Rica's Atlantic and Pacific coasts by narrow gauge railway. His European travels have ranged from a Pullman seat on the crack London-Paris Golden Arrow to the slow trip across Thrace on one of the last runs of the celebrated Simplon-Orient Express. In Asia he traveled through the Toros Mountains of Turkey on the famous Istanbul-Baghdad Toros Express, experienced modern high-speed railroading in the cab of Japan's Bullet Train, and rode to Asia's highest mountain east of the Himalayas on the little trains of Taiwan's Ali Shan Forestry Railway.