Burlington West: A Colonization History of the Burlington RailroadHarvard University Press, 1941 - 583 páginas |
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... road there will be a demand for coal for fuel , which will be the province of the road to supply from the Des Moines Valley - and which will , eventually afford no small quantity of freightage for trains running West . In the early ...
... road there will be a demand for coal for fuel , which will be the province of the road to supply from the Des Moines Valley - and which will , eventually afford no small quantity of freightage for trains running West . In the early ...
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... road will , when completed , lose less per mile by snows and floods , at least 50 per cent - than any road in Northern Illinois , Wisconsin or even the Hannibal & St. Joseph road in Missouri . Now as to the only disadvantage ...
... road will , when completed , lose less per mile by snows and floods , at least 50 per cent - than any road in Northern Illinois , Wisconsin or even the Hannibal & St. Joseph road in Missouri . Now as to the only disadvantage ...
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... roads in the world , along the whole Eastern side of this valley - a road which , for its distance , has had no equal for business in the United States , save the great National Road from Baltimore to Wheeling . To tap this road and ...
... roads in the world , along the whole Eastern side of this valley - a road which , for its distance , has had no equal for business in the United States , save the great National Road from Baltimore to Wheeling . To tap this road and ...
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RAILWAY NETWORK IN THE UNITED STATES 1840 | 7 |
ORIGINS OF THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM | 9 |
ILLINOIS COUNTY MAP SHOWING RAILROADS AUTHORIZED UNDER | 14 |
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Burlington West: A Colonization History of the Burlington Railroad Richard Cleghorn Overton Vista de fragmentos - 1967 |
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