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Hook and Eye : a History of the Iowa Central Railway.
Analyzing the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the Iowa Central Railway, Don L. Hofsommer examines how this?plain vanilla? railway was an example of the life cycle of the American railroad industry. Drawing the story from station records, ann.
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acronyms and Shortened Names; 1. Urban Mercantilism; 2. Iowa Central Railroad: Great Plans, Grand Failure; 3. Eldora Railroad & Coal Company; 4. Iowa River Railway; 5. Central Railroad Company of Iowa; 6. The Tangled Ways of Finance; 7. The Hook & Eye; 8. Iowa Central Railway; 9. Enter the Twentieth Century; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.