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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819538003321

Autore

Hofsommer Donovan L

Titolo

Minneapolis and the age of railways [[electronic resource] /] / Don L. Hofsommer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press

[Bristol, : University Presses Marketing, distributor], c2005

ISBN

0-8166-9685-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

385.0977657909034

Soggetti

Railroads - Minnesota - Minneapolis - History

Minneapolis (Minn.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Steamcars at last -- Late to the party -- Of champagne and panic -- The St. Louis road -- Pulling and hauling -- Optimism and realism -- New players -- Dancing with the giants -- Falling rates and encroachment -- Adrift -- Three cents per mile -- Rumors and reality -- Shifting winds -- The struggling giant -- Mixed blessings -- An uncertain future.

Sommario/riassunto

In Minneapolis and the Age of Railways, Don L. Hofsommer presents Minneapolis from the 1860's into the 1950's, when railroads served as a unique link between city and countryside. Illustrated with more than 200 period photographs and maps, this remarkable book reflects a time when the locomotive dominated the landscape and set the tempo for the nation-the age of railways.