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Sto caricando le informazioni... Minnesota logging railroads: A pictorial history of the era when white pine and the logging railroad reigned supremedi Frank Alexander King
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Lumbering, with the bulk of transportation from land to mill, was a major industry in Minnesota from about 1890 to about 1920, with a few survivors soldiering on past that date. Author King has provided a fairly detailed look at the logging railroads of Minnesota during that era. Over half of the book is a review of the railroads in the various regions of the state, from "The River Railroads" to "Red River Logging." The book is a splendid treat throughout, though missing is any sense that what was going on was, really, a rape -- the white pine was logged off, and the railroads moved on, to Florida and Oregon. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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During the heyday of lumberjacks and sawmills, railroads such as the Duluth and Northern Minnesota and the Alger-Smith enabled logging companies to break away from the traditional mode of transportation (floating logs downriver) and its shortfalls (logjams and winter freezes). Frank King traces this rich history from its beginnings in 1886 to the railroads' disappearance around 1937 when the last of the giant sawmills closed down. King profiles every logging railroad in Minnesota and examines all aspects of their operations, including locomotives such as the geared Shays and Heislers, McGiffert log loaders, Russel log cars, dump trestles, hot ponds, logging camp life, railroad finances, and the impact on communities as timber supplies ran out and lumbering and sawmill operations shut down, causing thousands to lose their jobs. Heavily illustrated throughout, Minnesota Logging Railroads contains maps, photographs, postcards, engineering drawings, and railroad memorabilia such as timetables, passes, fare receipts, and freight tariffs. The appendixes comprehensively list the state's logging railroads, locomotive rosters, and railroad and lumber company names. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)385.54Social sciences Commerce, Communications, Transportation Trains and Railroads Narrow-gauge and special purpose railroadsClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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