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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
SP Trainline
Sparks
Author: Joyce M. Cox
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467126489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In the late 1800s, the area now known as Sparks consisted of ranches and farms. It was not until the early 1900s that Sparks would become the sixth-largest city in Nevada, almost overnight. E.H. Harriman moved the Salt Lake Division of the Southern Pacific Railroad from Wadsworth to swampland four miles east of Reno, and that area would become Sparks. The railroad was the largest and most reliable employer for 54 years, before leaving in 1957. Some railroad employees were transferred and reassigned to jobs outside of Sparks, but many chose to stay. Employment was found in Nevada's thriving hospitality industry, including John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino. Sparks became a major distribution center for national companies like S.S. Kresge and Pacific Freeport, and many manufacturing companies opened after Nevada passed the right-to-work law in 1951. Sparks is now the fifth-largest city in Nevada.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467126489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In the late 1800s, the area now known as Sparks consisted of ranches and farms. It was not until the early 1900s that Sparks would become the sixth-largest city in Nevada, almost overnight. E.H. Harriman moved the Salt Lake Division of the Southern Pacific Railroad from Wadsworth to swampland four miles east of Reno, and that area would become Sparks. The railroad was the largest and most reliable employer for 54 years, before leaving in 1957. Some railroad employees were transferred and reassigned to jobs outside of Sparks, but many chose to stay. Employment was found in Nevada's thriving hospitality industry, including John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino. Sparks became a major distribution center for national companies like S.S. Kresge and Pacific Freeport, and many manufacturing companies opened after Nevada passed the right-to-work law in 1951. Sparks is now the fifth-largest city in Nevada.
Smoke, Soot, and Steam
Author: Michael L. Greer
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 172831500X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Use this vivid, well-documented book as a guide to walk down Main Street and experience the sensations of smoke, soot, and steam from 1869 to 1957 in a Central California community as it grew from a berg to an incorporated city and found its spot in the history of the golden state of California.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 172831500X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Use this vivid, well-documented book as a guide to walk down Main Street and experience the sensations of smoke, soot, and steam from 1869 to 1957 in a Central California community as it grew from a berg to an incorporated city and found its spot in the history of the golden state of California.
Railway Age
Pacific Rail News
Publications
Author: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Railway Locomotives and Cars
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Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
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Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Railway and Locomotive Engineering
Railfan & Railroad
NBS Special Publication
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description