Author: South Carolina RailroadPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Proceedings of the Stockholders of the South-Carolina Railroad Company, and of the South-western Railroad Bank
Author: South Carolina RailroadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the North Carolina Rail Road Company
Author: North Carolina Railroad CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Biennial Report of the North Carolina Historical Commission
Author: North Carolina Historical CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Proceedings of the Stockholders of the South-Carolina Rail-Road Company, and the South-Western Rail-Road Bank at Their Annual Meeting in the Hall of the Bank, on the 10th, 11th, and 12th February, 1846
Author: Publications
Author: North Carolina. State Dept. of Archives and HistoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Publications ...
Author: North Carolina. State Department of Archives and HistoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
The North Carolina Railroad, 1849-1871, and the Modernization of North Carolina
Author: Allen W. TreleasePublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 146964424X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
In telling the story of the North Carolina Railroad's independent years (1849-71), Trelease covers all aspects of the company and its development, including its construction and rolling stock; its management, labor force, and labor policies; its passenger and freight operations; and its role in the Civil War. He also assesses the impact of the railroad on the economic and social development of North Carolina. Originally published in 1991. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Railroads in the Old South
Author: Aaron W. MarrsPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801898455
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
An original history of the railroad in the Old South that challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America. Drawing from both familiar and overlooked sources, such as the personal diaries of Southern travelers, papers and letters from civil engineers, corporate records, and contemporary newspaper accounts, Aaron W. Marrs skillfully expands on the conventional business histories that have characterized scholarship in this field. He situates railroads in the fullness of antebellum life, examining how slavery, technology, labor, social convention, and the environment shaped their evolution. Far from seeing the Old South as backward and premodern, Marrs finds evidence of urban life, industry, and entrepreneurship throughout the region. But these signs of progress existed alongside efforts to preserve traditional ways of life. Railroads exemplified Southerners’ pursuit of progress on their own terms: developing modern transportation while retaining a conservative social order. Railroads in the Old South demonstrates that a simple approach to the Old South fails to do justice to its complexity and contradictions. “The time is right to bring the South into the story of the economic transformation of antebellum America. Aaron Marrs does this with force and grace in Railroads in the Old South.” —John L. Larson, Purdue University “I am hard pressed to think of another volume that better catches the overall effect railroads had on the Old South.” —Kenneth W. Noe, Auburn University “Interesting regional history . . . It is a thoughtful and instructive study that examines not only the pervasiveness of transportation but also some of the social, political, and economic consequences associated with the evolution of southern railroads.” —Choice
Biennial Report
Author: North Carolina. State Dept. of Archives and HistoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company, 1833-1854
Author: James C. BurkePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786486740
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
In 1833, the Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company set out to connect the port city of Wilmington to North Carolina's capital. When it was done in 1840, after changing its route, the company had completed 161 miles of track--the longest railroad in the world at the time--and provided continuous transportation from the town of Weldon on the Roanoke River to Wilmington and on to Charleston, South Carolina, by steamboat. A marvel of civil engineering by the standards of the day, the railroad constituted a tour de force of organization, finance and political will that risked the fortunes of individuals and the credit of the state. This study chronicles the project from its inception, exploring its impact on subsequent railroad development in North Carolina and its significance within the context of American railroad history as a whole.