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Tracks along the Ditch, Relationships between the C&O Canal & the Railroads. - Couverture souple

Stakem, Patrick H.

 
9781726834926: Tracks along the Ditch, Relationships between the C&O Canal & the Railroads.
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1726834921 ISBN 13 : 9781726834926
Editeur : Independently published, 2018

Synopsis

This book explores the interaction of the various transportation technologies, driven by the profit motives and political situations of the time. The interaction of the Canal and the Railroads with the National Road is also touched upon. When it was constructed, the canal was based on tried and proven technology, and had an extensive history in Europe. The railroad was new, untried technology. At its inception, it was not clear if locomotives or horses would be used on the railroad. The C&O Canal owed its existence to the much earlier Patowmack Canal Project, championed by George Washington. Interestingly, the C&O Canal did not go from the Chesapeake not to the Ohio. Perhaps we should call it the Georgetown and Cumberland Canal. It was supposed to go to Pittsburgh as well.

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Éditeur
Independently published
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1726834921
ISBN 13 
9781726834926
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
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