The Railroad - The Life Story Of A Technology

Informationen zum Autor H. Roger Grant is professor of history at Clemson University. He is a specialist in American transportation history. Some of his recent books include histories of the Erie Lackawanna, Chicago & North Western and Wabash railroads and he is completing a book-length study of the Georgia & Florida Railroad. Klappentext Railroads altered the landscape of the United States. Within a few decades of the invention of the locomotive, railways stretched from coast to coast, enabling people and goods to travel far greater distances than ever before, completely altering our concept of time and space. And while railroads may seem like an old technology, they continue to be an essential means of transporting both good and people, and new technologies are making the railroads an increasingly relevant resource for the 21st century. This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series tells the life story of all aspects of railroad technology-everything from the structure of the track to communications to what powers the locomotive. Zusammenfassung The railway altered the landscape to the United States. Within a few decades of the invention of the locomotive! railways stretched from coast to coast! enabling people and goods to travel far greater distances than ever before! completely altering our concept of time and space. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Preface Gestation, 1800-1860 Youth, 1860-1880 Maturity, 1880-1940 Old Age, 1940-1970 Rebirth, 1970-Present Appendix: Steam Locomotive Types Timeline Glossary Selected Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: H. Roger Grant
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2005
• EAN: 9780313330797
• ISBN: 978-0-313-33079-7
• No. of pages: 182
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Greenwood Technographies; Greenwood Technographies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Technology, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, Trains & railways: general interest, Trains and railways: general interest, Railway technology, engineering and trades, Railway Technology, Engineering & Trades