The Atlantic Coast was connected with the Great Lakes in 1850, with Chicago in 1853, and with the western side of the Mississippi in 1856. Cast iron proved too brittle in railway construction and was gradually replaced by wrought iron, which in turn, by 1863, was generally replaced by steel...
the federal government granted more than 100 million acres of land to private railroad companies to promote the construction of railroads. As the country moved westward, construction increased. As construction increased, the need to move materials and goods increased, and this created a dependency on...
while my companions strolled through the apartments in quest of instruction, I followed leisurely in their rear, rather grieving than glorying in the inventive skill that had been lavished on their construction under national auspices
Mike Cray 12/10/01) As for the Maplewood Branch, the construction of Interstate 78 chopped the line back to Vauxhall Road in Union. Recent housing development cut the line back to Morris Avenue. Jaeger Lumber off of Morris Avenue was the last active customer north of Rt. 22 They stopped ...
He was directed to take from the Auburn prison one hundred convicts; to remove them to the ground selected for the site of the new prison; to purchase materials, employ keepers and guards, and to commence the construction of the building. The reasons for taking the convicts from Auburn, ...
He said the researchers found the payroll records of railroad construction companies to support their views. "We were able to find the payroll records. The big journals with all of the paid, we find Chinese names. We did the math. And that's where we find the sub contractors," he explai...
The 2nd biggest customer was a brewery that was good for about 10 cars a day - through various change of hands that brewery capacity was moved to Allentown, PA and the brewery property was sold to a construction supply company that does business with only trucks. The 12 or so other ...
The charter permitted the construction of a bridge across the Hudson River, a valuable adjunct to Troy. The formal opening of the section from Waterford to Ballston Spa on August 18th, 1835, was attended by two military companies and marked by a derailment. On the following day service ...
The station was only about a mile from the hotel so it didn't take long to get there on Sunday morning. Sure enough, it was 8:40 AM and not 8:10 as my Seiko watch was showing. The place was under construction and the doors were locked with no one in sight! The vehicle took off...
The construction of tunnels was especially difficult. The first completed in the United States was the Staple Bend Tunnel, located near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Allegheny Portage Railroad in 1831 and completed in 1834.