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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Book, November 4, 2009
This review is from: Historic Alpine Tunnel (Paperback)
This review relates to the Century One Press Edition in trade paperback.
An exhaustive, readable, historic, personal, and profusely illustrated history of the Alpine Tunnel -- the first railroad tunnel through the Continental Divide.
"...the story of the magnificent achievement building the tunnel and running trains through it, but it also takes us to the Alpine Tunnel approaches and site as they have become today. The glimpses are intimate, enthusiastic."
"The book is more than half illustrations -- 178 in all, plus a complete 20 page reproduction of a rare document, and old Time Table and General Orders of the South Park."
TABLE OF CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS
Background
Prior to 1880
Finding the Pass
Construction
Grading Into Quartz
Inspection of the Tunnel
First Train Through the Alpine Tunnel
Impressions of C.F.R. Hayward
Disaster at Woodstock
A Perilous Trip
Curse of Alpine
The Dome of the Continent
Alpine Tunnel Abandoned
Details of the Alpine Tunnel
Elevations in the Alpine Tunnel Area
Personal Stories
Four Pilgrimages
To Visit Alpine Tunnel
Bibliography and Acknowledgments
Pictorial Supplement
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