The Birth of the Locomotive (1780S-1820S)
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A race between the past and the future -- Sidebar : "Father of the railways -- The early days of engines -- Sidebar : A dangerous thing -- Captain Dick's engines -- Sidebar : Making rails stronger -- A blast of steam -- Sidebar : Another Father of the Raiways -- The first railways -- Sidebar : No railways, please!
Presents a history of locomotives and provides profiles of the inventors, engineers, and railroad tycoons who were responsible for the introduction and spread of railroads in the nineteenth century.
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The railroad in American history.
PUBLISHED
Hockessin, Del. : Mitchell Lane Publishers, c2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 47 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781612282862
1612282865
SUBJECTS
Locomotives -- History.
Railroads -- History.