The Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity RailroadArcadia Publishing, 2002 - 128 σελίδες From the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania at Carbondale to the Hudson River in New York near Kingston, the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company and the Gravity Railroad transformed long tracks of wilderness into thriving economic areas. Conceived as an inexpensive way to transport anthracite coal, the canal began hauling loads in 1828 to the Hudson River, where barges to New York City took over. A leader in the technologies of the time, the canal company used the first telegraph system in America, and when Delaware & Hudson engineer Horatio Allen ran the locomotive Stourbridge Lion in Honesdale, he became the first to run a commercial steam locomotive on tracks in the Western Hemisphere. The Delaware & Hudson Canal was privately funded, and when stock was offered for sale in 1825, it soon became the first American company capitalized at $1 million. The Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad uses fascinating vintage photographs to tell an amazing piece of American history. It shows the mules, the canal boats, the locomotives, and the men who ran this technological wonder, boasting one hundred eight locks over one hundred eight miles, plus four suspension aqueducts built by John A. Roebling of Brooklyn Bridge fame. The Gravity Railroad is shown as well, hauling coal from Carbondale to Honesdale over the Moosic Mountains, a rise of more than one thousand feet. The Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad tells the story of an American industrial masterpiece. |
Περιεχόμενα
Acknowledgments | 6 |
Honesdale to Lackawaxen | 31 |
Minisink Ford to Bolton Landing | 49 |
Port Jervis to Wurtsboro | 69 |
Summitville to Rondout | 99 |
Resources 128 | |
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
The Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad Matthew M. Osterberg Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2002 |
Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad Matthew M. Osterberg Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2002 |
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
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