Format:
1 online resource (171 pages)
ISBN:
9780816696833
Content:
Analyzing the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the Iowa Central Railway, Don L. Hofsommer examines how this "plain vanilla" railway was an example of the life cycle of the American railroad industry. Drawing the story from station records, ann.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms and Shortened Names -- 1. Urban Mercantilism -- 2. Iowa Central Railroad: Great Plans, Grand Failure -- 3. Eldora Railroad & Coal Company -- 4. Iowa River Railway -- 5. Central Railroad Company of Iowa -- 6. The Tangled Ways of Finance -- 7.The Hook & Eye -- 8. Iowa Central Railway -- 9. Enter the Twentieth Century -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780816644971
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780816644971
Additional Edition:
Print version Hook and Eye : A History of the Iowa Central Railway
Language:
English
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