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4. Materials

Author

Huffman, Wendell W.

Subjects
Central Pacific Railway -- History, Railroad tracks -- Materials, Railroads -- History, Forests, Railroad construction, General interest, History
Abstract

THE TRACK OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC was built with rail spiked to wooden ties. Most of the ties were sawn from trees cut in the Sierra forests. To save hauling [...]

Published
2019

5. Tools

Author

Huffman, Wendell W.

Subjects
Tool industry, Nitroglycerin, Powders (Particulate matter), Railroad construction, General interest, History
Abstract

FOR THE MOST PART, the Central Pacific was built with simple hand tools. Earth was moved with picks, shovels, and horse carts. Rocks were broken and blown aside with blasting [...]

Published
2019

6. The Cover

Author

Huffman, Wendell W.

Published
1990

7. Making tracks.

Author

Huffman, Wendell W.

Subjects
PACIFIC railroads, RAILROAD design & construction, BONDS (Finance)
Abstract

The article provides an overview of the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 that set a deadline of 14 years to build the Pacific Railroad. The changes of the law made the project into a race with federal construction bonds and sections of granted land apportioned by miles of track built. It states that David J. Sullivan might be the most significant unsung hero of the first transcontinental railroad as he demonstrated Central Pacific how to lay track in a hurry.

Published
2019

9. McKeen motorcar returned to operation.

Author

Huffman, Wendell W.

Abstract

The article presents a profile of the restoration work performed on the Virginia & Truckee Railway motorcar No. 22 in 2010. Details are given reviewing the history of the company and its railroad car designs under the leadership of William Riley McKeen, Jr. in the first half of the 20th-century. The history of an individual car which was built and used in the 1920s is given, outlining the restoration work needed to bring it back to operation with as many original parts as possible. Description is also given noting the specifications and design strategy surrounding the car.

Published
2010

10. SANTA LUCÍA: IMÁGENES DE UN CERRO QUE MIRA UNA CUIDAD.

Author

Peliowski Dobbs, Amari and Valdés Echenique, Catalina

Abstract

Copyright of Urbana (19820569) is the property of Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Portal de Periodicos Eletronicos Cientificos and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Published
2018
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11. D. CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS.

Subjects
CHRONOLOGY
Abstract

A bibliography on chronological classifications as of 1991 is presented including "Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas," by Marcia Ascher, "Building in Egypt: Pharonic Stone Masonry," by Dieter Arnold, and "The Responsible Medical Historian," by Frederic L. Holmes in the "Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences."

Published
1991

12. Iron Muse : Photographing the Transcontinental Railroad

Author

Glenn Willumson and Glenn Willumson

Abstract

The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865–1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the country's two coasts and the taming of its frontier wilderness by modern technology. But it was through the power of images—and especially the photograph—that the railroad attained its iconic status. Iron Muse provides a unique look at the production, distribution, and publication of images of the transcontinental railroad: from their use as an official record by the railroad corporations, to their reproduction in the illustrated press and travel guides, and finally to their adaptation to direct sales and albums in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Tracing the complex relationships and occasional conflicts between photographer, publisher, and curator as they crafted the photographs'different meanings over time, Willumson provides a comprehensive portrayal of the creation and evolution of an important slice of American visual culture.The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865–1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the country's two coasts and the taming of its frontier wilderness by modern technology. But it was through the powe

Published
2023

13. A Primary Source Investigation of the Transcontinental Railroad

Author

Xina M. Uhl, Gillian Houghton, Xina M. Uhl, and Gillian Houghton

Subjects
Pacific railroads--Juvenile literature, Railroads--West (U.S.)--History--Juvenile literature
Abstract

Before the merging of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads, traveling West was a perilous, time-consuming endeavor. Native Americans hunted vast herds of buffalo across the plains and a few hardy pioneers lived in scattered, isolated settlements. The construction of the transcontinental railroad would change all that, opening up the means for coast-to-coast travel, boosting private enterprise, and nearly destroying Native Americans for good. A feat of engineering genius and human endeavor, this timely volume illuminates the hardships, accomplishments, greed, and racial conflicts of one of America's greatest achievements.

Published
2019

14. Ships, Swindlers, and Scalded Hogs : The Rise and Fall of the Crooker Shipyard in Bath, Maine

Author

Frederic B. Hill and Frederic B. Hill

Subjects
Crooker Shipyard--History, Shipyards--History--19th century.--Maine--, Shipbuilding--History--19th century.--Maine, Businessmen--Maine--Bath--Biography
Abstract

Brothers William Donnell Crooker and Charles Crooker were among the most prominent mid-nineteenth-century shipbuilders in Bath, Maine, itself one of the most prominent shipbuilding cities in the world during that time. This colorful history of the Crookers'company by the great-great grandson of William Donnell provides a thorough overview of a family, its contributions to shipbuilding, and the historic sweep of shipbuilding in the area, as well as a fascinating glimpse into everyday life in Maine during this time. Today, a small portion of Maine's twenty-first-century shipbuilder, Bath Iron Works, occupies land that was once the Crooker yard.

Published
2016

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