Development of Transportation Systems in the United States: Comprising a Comprehensive Description of the Leading Features of Advancement, from the Colonial Era to the Present Time, in Water Channels, Roads, Turnpikes, Canals, Railways, Vessels, Vehicles
Development of Transportation Systems in the United States: Comprising a Comprehensive Description of the Leading Features of Advancement, from the Colonial Era to the Present Time, in Water Channels, Roads, Turnpikes, Canals, Railways, Vessels, Vehicles
Excerpt from Development of Transportation Systems in the United States: Comprising a Comprehensive Description of the Leading Features of Advancement, From the Colonial Era to the Present Time, in Water Channels, Roads, Turnpikes, Canals, Railways, Vessels, Vehicles, Cars and Locomotives; The Cost of Transportation at Various In accomplishing that Object expensive and complicated labors must be performed. This necessity arises from the fact that while transportation may be con ducted on land or water, the best results ...
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Excerpt from Development of Transportation Systems in the United States: Comprising a Comprehensive Description of the Leading Features of Advancement, From the Colonial Era to the Present Time, in Water Channels, Roads, Turnpikes, Canals, Railways, Vessels, Vehicles, Cars and Locomotives; The Cost of Transportation at Various In accomplishing that Object expensive and complicated labors must be performed. This necessity arises from the fact that while transportation may be con ducted on land or water, the best results are not attainable unless large outlays are made for the improvement of roads and water-ways. The conditions under which the sums necessary to perfect these improve ments are procured, and the characteristics of the improvements existing at different periods and in different sections, are so diversified that grave questions have arisen in regard to the selection of methods. All improvements substantially hinge on advances in the condition Of the land or water-ways used, the vehicles or vessels employed, and the nature of the propelling or motive power adopted. This country has been prolific in variety Of experiments tried, in the rapidity of beneficial progress, and in useful results achieved. As the entire system is still in a transition state, and as every important expedient hitherto adopted is in practical use in some portion Of the broad national domain, any veritable account of the past may furnish instructive illustrations of changes now progressing, and suggestions for the future guidance of individuals, corporations, communities, and public authorities. It is the Object of this work to explain leading characteristics Of the successive steps by which the canoe has been supplanted by the steamer, the trail by the T-rail, the pack-horse by the locomotive; and to furnish a comprehensive compendium of instructive transportation literature accumulated while railway mileage was expanding to its present huge proportions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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