Book ID: CBB709996553

A Transportation Miracle: XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress Chicago, June 20-24, 1926 (2016)

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Carlson, Norman (Author)
Markovitz, Mitch (Contributor)


Shore Line Interurban Historical Society


Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: 99 pp., illustrations, map
Language: English

An account of how Chicago's transit and railroad companies moved very large numbers of people into and around the city during an international church conference in 1926.

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Review Ron Goldfeder (Fall-Winter 2016) Review of "A Transportation Miracle: XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress Chicago, June 20-24, 1926". Railroad History (pp. 121-122). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Doughty, Geoffrey H.
Bogart, Charles H.
Hansen, Peter A.
Sappers, Vernon J.
Brotchie, Alan W.
Cummings, O.R.
Concepts
Street-railroads
Land transportation
Local transit
Streetcars, electric
Railroads
Pictorial works
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Chicago (Illinois, U.S.)
San Francisco (California)
Philadelphia, PA
Richmond, Virginia
Rhode Island (U.S.)
Institutions
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Hershey Chocolate Company
Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad
Hershey Transit Company
Lehigh Valley Transit Company
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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