Along The Valley Line

Author : Max R. Miller
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819577383
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Along the Valley Line written by Max R. Miller and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Connecticut Valley Railroad once carried both passengers and freight along the west bank of the Connecticut River between Hartford and Old Saybrook. Completed in 1871, today the railroad is known throughout New England for the nostalgic steam-powered excursion trains that run on a portion of the line between Essex and Chester. Until now the history of this popular tourist attraction has been the stuff of local lore and legend. This book, written by railroad historian and former vice president and director of Valley Railroad, Max R. Miller, provides the first comprehensive history of the Connecticut Valley Railroad through maps, ephemera, and archival photographs of the trains, bridges, and scenery surrounding the line. Offering tales of train wrecks, ghost sightings, booms and busts, Along the Valley Line will be treasured by railroad enthusiasts and historians alike.

Author : Mason Y. Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963325471
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Valley Line written by Mason Y. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ralph A. Heiss
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439622280
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lehigh Valley Railroad across New Jersey written by Ralph A. Heiss and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructed as the Easton and Amboy Railroad and opened by 1875, the Lehigh Valley Railroad was instrumental in developing the commerce and communities of central New Jersey through which it once ran. Originally built to haul unending trains of “black diamonds” from Pennsylvania to Perth Amboy, the Lehigh Valley Railroad became so much more than a conduit for shipping coal. In building across the state, it became instrumental in not only hauling produce to New York City markets but also for providing service to companies like Johns-Manville and Lionel Trains. From Phillipsburg to Jersey City and all points in between, the Lehigh Valley Railroad hauled freight and passengers, while at the same time contributing to the social fabric of the area. The Lehigh Valley Railroad across New Jersey paints a picture of a railroad that provided over 100 years of quality service to the Garden State.

Author : Edward H. Miller
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821416588
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hocking Valley Railway written by Edward H. Miller and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The first comprehensive history of the Hocking Valley Railway ever published fills a gap in the literature. Miller has written the definitive history of this railroad,” says Richard Francaviglia, author of Hard Places: Reading the Landscape of America's Historic Mining Districts. The Hocking Valley Railway was once Ohio's longest rail line, filled with a seemingly endless string of coal trains. Although coal was the main business, the railroad also carried iron and salt-and kept the finest passenger service in the State of Ohio. Despite the fact that the Hocking Valley was such a large railroad, with a huge economic and social impact, very little is known about it.The Hocking Valley Railway traces the journey of a company that began in 1867 as the Columbus and Hocking Valley, built to haul coal from Athens to Columbus. Extensions of the line and consolidation of several branches ultimately created the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo. This was a 345-mile railway, extending from the Lake Erie port of Toledo through Columbus, and on to the Ohio River port of Pomeroy. The history of the Hocking Valley, as with other railroads, is one of boom times and depression. By the 1920s, the Hocking fields were largely depleted, and the mass of track south of Columbus became a backwater, while the Toledo Division boomed. The corporate name has been gone for more than three quarters of a century, but the Hocking Valley lives on as an integral part of railroad successor CSX. Historians and railroad enthusiasts will find much to savor in the story of this ever-changing company and the managers who ran it. The Hocking Valley Railway, complete with more than 150 photographs and illustrations, also documents a historic transformation in Midwest transportation from slow canalboats to speedy railcars.The author, Edward H. Miller is retired from Hocking Valley successor CSX. This is his first book, which has been over thirty years in the making.

Author : Tom Gallo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738502991
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chattahoochee Valley Railway written by Tom Gallo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving across state lines from Standing Rock, Alabama, through West Point, Georgia, and back to Bleecker, Alabama, the Chattahoochee Valley Railway served many communities along its line. Its last run was in 1992, but now the days of the short line railroad are revisited in Chattahoochee Valley Railway. Although some books on the history of the region render a passing mention of this railway, none have included over 200 images and a detailed historical account like Chattahoochee Valley Railway. The railroad served surrounding communities for over five generations by offering transportation, and the rail line's parent textile corporation built schools, churches, recreational areas, and a water supply for those communities. By the 1980s, modernization of the corporate structure eliminated the need for the railway and its equipment was sold off. However, part of its track bed is now a biking, hiking, and walking trail. The old railway is still serving nearby residents and is still enjoyed by all who follow its path.

Author : William John Macquorn Rankine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Manual of Civil Engineering written by William John Macquorn Rankine and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hyde Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railway register and record of public enterprise for railways, mines, patents and inventions, ed. by H. Clarke. (Including [in vols. 4,5] The Railway portfolio. 1846; 1847, Jan.- Mar.). written by Hyde Clark and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1260 pages
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Download or read book Railway Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 1260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2274 pages
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Download or read book Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports written by United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 2274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Keith P. Griffler
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081314986X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Front Line of Freedom written by Keith P. Griffler and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Underground Railroad, an often misunderstood antebellum institution, has been viewed as a simple combination of mainly white "conductors" and black "passengers." Keith P. Griffler takes a new, battlefield-level view of the war against American slavery as he reevaluates one of its front lines: the Ohio River, the longest commercial dividing line between slavery and freedom. In shifting the focus from the much discussed white-led "stations" to the primarily black-led frontline struggle along the Ohio, Griffler reveals for the first time the crucial importance of the freedom movement in the river's port cities and towns. Front Line of Freedom fully examines America's first successful interracial freedom movement, which proved to be as much a struggle to transform the states north of the Ohio as those to its south. In a climate of racial proscription, mob violence, and white hostility, the efforts of Ohio Valley African Americans to establish and maintain communities became inextricably linked to the steady stream of fugitives crossing the region. As Griffler traces the efforts of African Americans to free themselves, Griffler provides a window into the process by which this clandestine network took shape and grew into a powerful force in antebellum America.