Author : John R. Waite
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 37,43 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9781570722721
Telling the story of Tweetsie Railroad and the East Tennessee Railway, this book documents the history of the standard gauge ET & WNC after the narrow gauge was gone and is illustrated with many maps and photographs.
Author : Wilds L. Pierce, 3rd
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,61 MB
Release : 2021-01-31
Category :
ISBN : 9780578835938
In 1996, Wilds Lovick Pierce II, owner of the Georgia Northeastern Railroad, and local supporters had a vision for a return of passenger rail travel in North Georgia. The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway became a reality and carried its first passengers in 1998. Since then, over a millions passengers have experienced the joys of train travel through the mountains. The story of the scenic railway's inceptions and early days with volunteer staff provides an enjoyable read.
Author : Mary E. Lyons
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 21,8 MB
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1625849524
The true story of the construction of the historic Crozet railroad tunnel—as seen through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it. In one of the greatest engineering feats of the time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. More than a century and a half later, the tunnel stands as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolved to find something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. In this intriguing history, Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet’s famed tunnel—and their American dream. Includes photos and illustrations
Author : Herbert H. Harwood
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 11,93 MB
Release : 1970
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Thomas T. Fetters
Publisher : Timbertimes Incorporated
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 13,15 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Logging railroads
ISBN : 9780965021395
Author : Julian Scheer
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 32,72 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9780932807601
Tweetsie, officially the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC), was the first railroad to cross the Blue Ridge. This history and legend provides a loving look at the mountains and their people. It is a delightful story of the best loved of all the doughty little narrow gauges—Tweetsie—the little engine that could, and still does!
Author : Mary E. Lyons
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 34,88 MB
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 162585630X
In 1849, Virginia began a bold railroad expansion toward the Ohio River and its lucrative trade connections. The project's plan covered 423 miles and called for piercing two mountain chains with three railroads. The Blue Ridge Railroad was the shortest of these but crossed the most mountainous terrain. At times, hired slaves, who prepared the tracks, and Irish immigrants, who blasted the tunnels, faced challenges that seemed almost insurmountable. Many were killed by explosions and falling rock. Those deaths often resulted in labor strikes. The unrest slowed progress and haunted chief engineer Claudius Crozet for seven years. In this first full-length history of the Blue Ridge Railroad, award-winning author Mary E. Lyons uses a wealth of historical documents to describe construction on what Crozet called "dangerous ground."
Author : Lesa Cline-Ransome
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,39 MB
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1430144467
From the award-winning author and illustrator of Before She Was Harriet comes an original and moving perspective of the Great Migration, as seen through the eyes of the young girl Ruth Ellen, whose family journeys from North Carolina to New York City.
Author : South Carolina. Governor (1868-1874 : Scott)
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 46,11 MB
Release : 1868
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Mary E. Lyons
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 35,68 MB
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 1467144908
Between 1849 and 1859, Virginia raced to pierce the Blue Ridge Mountains by rail and reach the Ohio River. At least 300 enslaved people labored involuntarily toward that goal, along with 1,500 Irish immigrants. The state leased the labor of enslaved Virginians from local slaveholders, including four connected with nearby University of Virginia. Blue Ridge Tunnel and Blue Ridge Railroad historian Mary E. Lyons explored hundreds of primary documents to write the first nonfiction book about slave labor on a specific antebellum railroad. She shares hundreds of enslaved people's names, traces where they toiled along the line and describes their backbreaking--and sometimes fatal--tasks.
