Delaware & Hudson: The History of an Important Railroad Whose Antecedent Was a Canal Network to Transport Coal [Paperback]

Jim Shaughnessy (Author)

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Train freaks will delight in Shaughnessy's volumes. First published in 1982 and 1981, respectively, these pictorial histories document the railroad lines that ran between Pennsylvania and New York and New York and Vermont.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 488 pages
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815604556
• ISBN-13: 978-0815604556
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #584,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fundamental source for D&H information, December 21, 1998

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This review is from: Delaware & Hudson: The History of an Important Railroad Whose Antecedent Was a Canal Network to Transport Coal (Paperback)

It's great to see this book back in print. Buy it and read it if you have any interest in canals, coal mining, or the history of one of the US's oldest railroads!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars America's first cutting edge transportation system, May 16, 2002

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This review is from: Delaware & Hudson: The History of an Important Railroad Whose Antecedent Was a Canal Network to Transport Coal (Paperback)

Delaware & Hudson describes the company that ran the first steam locomotive in this country, and operated the first integrated transportation system in 1828, when it combined the use of a railroad and canal in an audacious scheme to transport Pennsylvania coal to New York City. The D&H first used Roebling's wire cable to operate its gravity railroad, and later used the same cables to build wire suspension aqueduct bridges to carry the canal over two rivers, and did all this years before Roebling would build the Brooklyn Bridge.

The book is filled with photographs, maps and engravings, with images on virtually every page. Although it is a book for railroad fans, it also works as a history of American technology and the history an American company which rode its use of technical inonovations to become one of this country's largest corporations by the middle of the nineteenth century.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent- detailed account of this important railroad, September 25, 1998

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This review is from: Delaware & Hudson: The History of an Important Railroad Whose Antecedent Was a Canal Network to Transport Coal (Paperback)

This book is wonderfully researched, chalked full of the details any railroad fan wants. The historical account of the D&H's begining as well as the discussion of the leaders of this great road are most interesting. A must read for those interested in the great railroads of the USA.