Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Railfan & Railroad
Author: Michigan Central Trackside with Emery Gulash
Author: Geoffrey H. DoughtyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
National Railway Bulletin
Author: American Book Publishing Record
Author: Subject Guide to Books in Print
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2460
Book Description
RailNews
Author: Books In Print 2004-2005
Author: Ed Bowker StaffPublisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780835246422
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 3274
Book Description
New York Central Trackside with Eugene Van Dusen
Author: Bill MarvelPublisher:
ISBN: 9781878887818
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
The interurban era
Author: William D. MiddletonPublisher: William D. Middleton
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The interurban era
Building Chicago's Subways
Author: David SadowskiPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467129380
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
While the elevated Chicago Loop is justly famous as a symbol of the city, the fascinating history of its subways is less well known. The City of Chicago broke ground on what would become the "Initial System of Subways" during the Great Depression and finished 20 years later. This gigantic construction project, a part of the New Deal, would overcome many obstacles while tunneling through Chicago's soft blue clay, under congested downtown streets, and even beneath the mighty Chicago River. Chicago's first rapid transit subway opened in 1943 after decades of wrangling over routes, financing, and logistics. It grew to encompass the State Street, Dearborn-Milwaukee, and West Side Subways, with the latter modernizing the old Garfield Park "L" into the median of Chicago's first expressway. Take a trip underground and see how Chicago's "I Will" spirit overcame challenges and persevered to help with the successful building of the subways that move millions. Building Chicago's subways was national news and a matter of considerable civic pride--making it a "Second City" no more