Early Railroads of New York Capital District by Timothy Starr Soft Cover

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Early Railroads of New York Capital District by Timothy Starr Soft Cover
Early Railroads of New York Capital District Timothy Starr
Soft Cover
125 Pages Indexed
NAME written under authors name on title page.
Copyright 2011
8.5 X 11 inches
Approx 85 black & white photographs and maps
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction1
The Pioneer Railroad9
To The Tourist Mecca25
Gateway to the West37
Connecting to Canada and Boston49
Railroad Wars59
The New York Central67
The Delaware and Hudson87
Into the Wilderness97
Rise of the Street Railway105
Early Railroad Listing117
Bibliography120
Index122
About the Author125
Introduction
The United States in 1825 was a far different country than it is today. The population of ten million people was located almost entirely east of the Mississippi River and the economy
was overwhelmingly agricultural, with little heavy industry. Great Britain was swept by the Industrial Revolution years earlier, giving that country a technological lead. Travel between towns was done on horseback, while the distribution of goods between states and abroad was so expensive and difficult that it was rarely attempted. Entrepreneurs were anxious to establish factories and mills but had no way to ship goods outside of town unless there was a navigable river nearby.
Clearly the country needed an improved transportation network. The first step was the construction of the Erie Canal across the length of New York State from Albany to Buffalo. Many considered such a project to be impossible or too expensive to justify, but proponents such as Governor Dewitt Clinton slowly pushed the project forward from idea to execution. When the forty foot wide, four foot deep canal was opened in October, 1825, it was considered the greatest engineering project in history.
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