The Railroad That Never Was : Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad.

Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., tells the story of one of the most infamous railroad construction projects of the late 19th century. This 200-mile line through Pennsylvania's most challenging mountain terrain was intended to form the heart of a new trunk line from the East Coast to Pittsburgh and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harwood, Jr., Herbert H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2010.
Temas:
South Pennsylvania Railroad.
South Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroads > Design and construction.
Chemins de fer > Conception et construction.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > History.
Railroads > Design and construction
Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Transportation Engineering.
Business & Economics.
Labor & Workers' Economics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., tells the story of one of the most infamous railroad construction projects of the late 19th century. This 200-mile line through Pennsylvania's most challenging mountain terrain was intended to form the heart of a new trunk line from the East Coast to Pittsburgh and the Midwest. Conceived in 1881 by William H. Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, and a group of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia industrialists, the South Pennsylvania Railroad was intended to break the Pennsylvania Railroad's near.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (184 pages)
ISBN:9780253355485
0253355486
9780253001559
0253001552

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