Author: Alexander Burgess BeardPublisher:
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Category : Disasters
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Fatal Accident on the Boston & Providence R.R., March 14, 1887
Author: Alexander Burgess BeardPublisher:
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Category : Disasters
Languages : en
Pages :
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Special Report by the Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners to the Legislature
Author: Special Report by the Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners to the Legislature
Author: Subject Index to the Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers [published 1895] ...
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Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Special Report to the Legislature in Relation to the Disaster on Monday, March 14, 1887, on the Dedham Branch of the Boston & Providence Railroad, at the Bridge Commonly Known as the Bussey Bridge ...
Author: Massachusetts. Railroad commissionersPublisher:
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The Railroad Car Journal
Author: Special Report by the Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners to the Legislature, in Relation to the Disaster on Monday, March 14, 1887, on the Dedham Branch of the Boston & Providence Railroad
Author: Massachusetts. Board of Railroad CommissionersPublisher:
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Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Railroad Wrecks
Author: Edgar A. HainePublisher: Associated University Presses
ISBN: 9780845348444
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
"This book recounts the most serious railroad accidents worldwide from 1853 to the present time. Relevant specifics of these disasters have been researched and summary narratives written. The central purpose of this volume is to record the horrendous details surrounding railroad calamities and, more importantly, to investigate, analyze, and derive beneficial knowledge about wreck causes and deduce corrective courses of action, setting forth successful principles of accident prevention that might be useful and applicable in rail operations everywhere. The ultimate purpose therefore has been to determine universal railroad safety doctrines, the application of which will lessen the frequency and severity of future rail accidents and thereby reduce death tolls, passenger and employee injuries, and the attendant financial and material losses." "Covered herein in concise form are the accounts of 70 major rail disasters in the United States and 111 train catastrophes in various foreign countries. Included for quick reference are two tabulations showing pertinent particulars for all the railroad disasters treated in this volume. The reader, if he peruses this long list of wreck narratives, will acquire a unique understanding of the widespread incident of rail accidents and, perhaps, arrive at a personal judgment on how to best further the noble cause of accident prevention. Certainly, he will gain an eye-opening view of the dreadful scope of the long-term operational misfortunes that have plagued the mighty "Iron Horse."" "More than one hundred photographs taken at the scenes of the accidents illustrate this volume." "A substantial introduction elucidates the history of railroading in relation to death-dealing mishaps, operating safeguards, railroad personnel, the human factor, the grade crossing dilemma, rail unions and worker discipline, safety research efforts, code of railroad working rules, alcohol and drug problems, the Harriman safety awards, the legendary rail cabooses, and accident prevention guidelines." "The eleven-part appendix includes a historical/statistical review of safety on the United States railroads and reports on the horrendous Louisville & Nashville Railroad hazardous materials spillage at Crestview, Florida, on 8 April 1970. Also summarized are the rail accident prevention philosophies practiced on four foreign railway systems."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Recasting American Liberty
Author: Barbara Young WelkePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521649667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Through courtroom dramas from 1865 to 1920 - of men forced to jump from moving cars when trainmen refused to stop, of women emotionally wrecked from the trauma of nearly missing a platform or street, and women barred from first class ladies' cars because of the color of their skin - Barbara Welke offers a dramatic reconsideration of the critical role railroads, and streetcars, played in transforming the conditions of individual liberty at the dawn of the twentieth century. The three-part narrative, focusing on the law of accidental injury, nervous shock, and racial segregation in public transit, captures Americans' journey from a cultural and legal ethos celebrating manly independence and autonomy to one that recognized and sought to protect the individual against the dangers of modern life. Gender and race become central to the transformation charted here, as much as the forces of corporate power, modern technology and urban space.
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