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delaware & hudson,the history of an important railroad whose antecedent was a canal network to transport coal (en Inglés)
Jim Shaughnessy
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Syracuse University Press
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delaware & hudson,the history of an important railroad whose antecedent was a canal network to transport coal (en Inglés) - Shaughnessy, Jim
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Reseña del libro "delaware & hudson,the history of an important railroad whose antecedent was a canal network to transport coal (en Inglés)"
Here, in a pictorial history, Jim Shaughnessy turns an eloquent photographer's eye to the Delaware & Hudson, the line that began in 1823 as a canal system to transport Pennsylvania coal to New York State. The D&H extended from Montreal to the coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania. It was active for 170 years, when the route was sold in 1993 to the Canadian Pacific Railway Corporation. The line made early railroad fame by importing from England the famous Stourbridge Lion, the first steam locomotive in America. This occurred during a great expansion into gravity, an interesting phase which took advantage of the mountainous terrain. The nineteenth century saw a period of economic growth and amalgamation, which was shaped by extremely able and ambitiou company presidents. Eventually the D&H advertised itself as "the Bridge Line to New England and Canada." Mountainous terrain around the coal mines challenged the line with heavy grades, so it was natural for one of its presidents, L. F. Loree, to be fascinated with experimental traction power. The many Loree locomotives, leaders in progressive design, are pictured and described herein. Because a good railroad history is always an economic history of a region, this book will surely pleasehistorian, too. Delaware & Hudson is a definitive work, encompassing the mining of the region and detailingthe steamboat operations on Lakes George and Champlain. Syracuse University Press is pleased to reissue thisexemplary study of a railroad. Delaware & Hudson has--and will--continue to raise the standards for allfuture railroad books.
