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Hook Amp Eye
Don L. Hofsommer
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Description for Hook Amp Eye
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 90 halftones, 6 tables, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; HBT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 721.
Fearing the rapacious power of Chicago’s railroad system in the mid-1900s, Iowa Central Railway supporters fought for a north-south route across the state that would link Minneapolis and St. Paul with St. Louis. Such a route would put the needs of Iowa’s citizens first and provide transportation for the state’s agricultural and industrial trade.
Analyzing the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the Iowa Central Railway, which traversed the state from Ackley to Zearing and Mason City to Marshalltown, Don Hofsommer examines how this unremarkable, “plain vanilla” railway was an example of the life cycle of the American railroad ... Read more
Fearing the rapacious power of Chicago’s railroad system in the mid-1900s, Iowa Central Railway supporters fought for a north-south route across the state that would link Minneapolis and St. Paul with St. Louis. Such a route would put the needs of Iowa’s citizens first and provide transportation for the state’s agricultural and industrial trade.
Analyzing the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the Iowa Central Railway, which traversed the state from Ackley to Zearing and Mason City to Marshalltown, Don Hofsommer examines how this unremarkable, “plain vanilla” railway was an example of the life cycle of the American railroad ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816644971
SKU
V9780816644971
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About Don L. Hofsommer
Don Hofsommer is a professor of history at St. Cloud State University. He is the author of many books on railroad history, including The Tootin’ Louie: A History of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, The Great Northern Railway: A History, The Hook & Eye: A History of the Iowa Central Railway, and Minneapolis and the Age of Railways, all ... Read more
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