Steel Rails and Iron Men
Author : Barrie Sanford
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 34,97 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Transportation
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Author : Barrie Sanford
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 34,97 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Transportation
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Author : Martin W. Sandler
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 27,40 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0763680419
Experience the race of rails to link the country—and meet the men behind this incredible feat—in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos. In the 1850s, gold fever swept the West, but people had to walk, sail, or ride horses for months on end to seek their fortune. The question of faster, safer transportation was posed by national leaders. But with 1,800 miles of seemingly impenetrable mountains, searing deserts, and endless plains between the Missouri River and San Francisco, could a transcontinental railroad be built? It seemed impossible. Eventually, two railroad companies, the Central Pacific, which laid the tracks eastward, and the Union Pacific, which moved west, began the job. In one great race between iron men with iron wills, tens of thousands of workers blasted the longest tunnels that had ever been constructed, built the highest bridges that had ever been created, and finally linked the nation by two bands of steel, changing America forever.
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Page : 167 pages
File Size : 15,39 MB
Release : 1970
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Author : Frederick G. Harrison
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 50,34 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Logging railroads
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Author : Frederick G. Harrison
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 37,57 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Logging railroads
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Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 37,96 MB
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0750965630
The eighteenth century saw the second Iron Age. Practically everything was made of iron: the machines of the Industrial Revolution; bridges and the ships that went under them; the trains running on their rails; and the frames of the first skyscrapers. But progress was bought at a price and the working classes paid it. The knife grinders of Sheffield were lucky to reach their 30th birthday before their ruined lungs gave up, women chain makers were described as ‘The White Slaves of England’ and, in a time before health and safety regulations, each advance in technology risked a new kind of deadly accident. Tracking both the brilliant innovation of the period and the hardship and struggle that powered it, this is the story of how iron changed the world.
Author : Gypsy Moon
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,41 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
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Includes a short history of hobos, oral histories of American hobos, recipes, and a glossary.
Author : Thomas J. Misa
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,12 MB
Release : 1998-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801860522
From the age of railroads through the building of the first battleships, from the first skyscrapers to the dawning of the age of the automobile, steelmakers proved central to American industry, building, and transportation. In A Nation of Steel Thomas Misa explores the complex interactions between steelmaking and the rise of the industries that have characterized modern America. A Nation of Steel offers a detailed and fascinating look at an industry that has had a profound impact on American life.
Author : Garet Garrett
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 48,31 MB
Release : 1925
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ISBN : 161016511X
Author : Paul De Kruif
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 13,38 MB
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0816652627
An account of the discovery and development of the great iron deposits of the Mesabi Range describes how the seven Merritt brothers found the iron ore in 1890, only to lose control of the resource and the wealth that it would bring to powerful industrialist John D. Rockefeller. Reprint.