A Work of Giants: Building the First Transcontinental RailroadMcGraw-Hill, 1962 - 367 páginas |
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... railroad engineering . Durant had been trying repeatedly to lure Dodge into ... rail- roads . He had come out to the Midwest from New York to join Henry Farnam , builder of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad , in promoting a logical westward ...
... railroad engineering . Durant had been trying repeatedly to lure Dodge into ... rail- roads . He had come out to the Midwest from New York to join Henry Farnam , builder of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad , in promoting a logical westward ...
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... westward - moving end of the Chicago & North Western R.R. to Council Bluffs , more than made up for cargoes lost in ... rail as far west as the track went . By this time , the Casements ' men , swinging sledges to the cadence of work ...
... westward - moving end of the Chicago & North Western R.R. to Council Bluffs , more than made up for cargoes lost in ... rail as far west as the track went . By this time , the Casements ' men , swinging sledges to the cadence of work ...
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A Work of Giants: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad Wesley S. Griswold Vista de fragmentos - 1962 |
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A Work of Giants; Building the First Transcontinental Railroad Wesley S 1909-1996 Griswold Sin vista previa disponible - 2021 |
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