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Frank J. Sprague
Author: Frank J. Sprague Seventy-fifth Anniversary 1932
Author: Frank J. Sprague Anniversary CommitteePublisher:
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Category : Electrical engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 53
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A Meeting of Appreciation and Tribute to Frank J. Sprague
Author: Frank J. Sprague Anniversary CommitteePublisher:
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Pages : 64
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Frank Julian Sprague
Author: William D. MiddletonPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253023599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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“[This] biography of the ‘Father of Electric Traction’ details the life and times of an exceptional engineer, maverick innovator, [and] entrepreneur.” —NMRA Magazine Frank Julian Sprague invented a system for distributing electricity to streetcars from overhead wires. Within a year, electric streetcars had begun to replace horsecars, sparking a revolution in urban transportation. Sprague (1857–1934) was an American naval officer turned inventor who worked briefly for Thomas Edison before striking out on his own. Sprague contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators. His innovations would help transform the urban space of the 20th century, enabling cities to grow larger and skyscrapers taller. The Middletons’ generously illustrated biography is an engrossing study of the life and times of a maverick innovator. “The authors weave this biography through time, with technological and political details that make Sprague human, a creative soul pressing his ideas with a sports-like outcome—some wins, some losses, and some ties . . . I recommend this well-written book detailing the life of the ‘Father of Electric Traction’ to explain the development of what we so casually take for granted.” —Trains “No one has previously used Sprague’s personal papers in a published biography . . . Recommended.” —Choice “Frank Sprague . . . is a major historical figure who for decades lacked a significant biography. This void has been ably and engagingly filled in this book by the dean of electric traction authors, William D. Middleton, and his son, William III.” —Classic Trains
A meeting of appreciation and tribute to Frank J. Sprague on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, July 25, 1932
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Pages : 53
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A Meeting of Appreciation and Tribute to Frank Sprague on the Occasion of His Seventy-fifth Birthday, July 25, 1932. [Addresses. With Portraits.].
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Author: Frank Julian SPRAGUEA Meeting of Appreciation and Tribute to Frank J(ulian) Sprague on the Occasion of His Seventy-fifth Birthday, July 25, 1932
Author: Frank Julian SpragueA MEETING OF APPRECIATION AND TRIBUTE TO FRANK J. SPRAGUE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY 25.7.'32. W. P.
Author: Frank J. SpragueRailway Age
Author: The Race Underground
Author: Doug MostPublisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466842008
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew more congested, the streets became clogged with plodding, horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 crippled the entire northeast, a solution had to be found. Two brothers from one of the nation's great families-Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York-pursued the dream of his city digging America's first subway, and the great race was on. The competition between Boston and New York played out in an era not unlike our own, one of economic upheaval, life-changing innovations, class warfare, bitter political tensions, and the question of America's place in the world.The Race Underground is peopled with the famous, like Boss Tweed, Grover Cleveland and Thomas Edison, and the not-so-famous, from brilliant engineers to the countless "sandhogs" who shoveled, hoisted and blasted their way into the earth's crust, sometimes losing their lives in the construction of the tunnels. Doug Most chronicles the science of the subway, looks at the centuries of fears people overcame about traveling underground and tells a story as exciting as any ever ripped from the pages of U.S. history. The Race Underground is a great American saga of two rival American cities, their rich, powerful and sometimes corrupt interests, and an invention that changed the lives of millions.