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Language: en
Pages: 38
Pages: 38
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-12-15 - Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Looks at the history of transportation in the United States, discussing the need for railroads and steamships and how they impacted the nation.
Language: en
Pages: 122
Pages: 122
Type: BOOK - Published: 1865 - Publisher:
Language: en
Pages: 296
Pages: 296
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the railway and shipping interests of the Great Lakes' basin were regularly at odds with one another. Accusa
Language: en
Pages: 356
Pages: 356
Type: BOOK - Published: 1970 - Publisher: Providence : Brown University Press
Includes bibliographical references (p.[239]-241)
Language: en
Pages: 312
Pages: 312
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Random House (UK)
At the beginning of the 19th century, it took months to get from England to India, clear at the other end of the Empire. Better communications were imperative.