Book ID: CBB120356890

A Railroad Atlas of the United States, Volume 5: Iowa and Minnesota (2013)

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Richard C. Carpenter (Author)


The Johns Hopkins University Press


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 232
Language: English

Driving across Iowa nowadays, one sees acres and acres of flat cornfields and hears little but the leaves stirring. But in the golden age of railroading, tracks crisscrossed the prairies and steam engines thundered by, carrying goods and people across the country. The sounds of the train could be heard for miles―the clickety-clack of the jointed rails and the haunting call of the steam whistle.

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Review Matthew G. Anderson (Spring/Summer 2014) Review of "A Railroad Atlas of the United States, Volume 5: Iowa and Minnesota". Railroad History (pp. 109-110). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Hofsommer, Don L.
Grant, H. Roger
Isaacs, Aaron
Tigges, John
Matthew G. Glischinski
Richard C. Carpenter
Concepts
Railroads
Land transportation
Photography of railroads
Railroads, Interurban
Maps; atlases
Earth sciences
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Iowa (U.S.)
Minnesota (U.S.)
Midwestern states (U.S.)
St. Paul, Minnesota
Mississippi River (North America)
Institutions
Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium
Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern Railway Company of Iowa
Dartmouth University
University of Minnesota
Iowa State College, Ames
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