LEADER 02165nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910778394903321 005 20230617005450.0 010 $a0-8166-9683-7 010 $a0-8166-4498-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000479473 035 $a(EBL)316706 035 $a(OCoLC)567829809 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000172962 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11167368 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172962 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10162060 035 $a(PQKB)10212276 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC316706 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39271 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL316706 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194313 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522378 035 $a(OCoLC)437191449 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000479473 100 $a20050223d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe hook & eye$b[electronic resource] $ea history of the Iowa Central Railway /$fDon L. Hofsommer 210 $aMinneapolis, MN $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (171 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4497-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 139-145) and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acronyms and Shortened Names; 1. Urban Mercantilism; 2. Iowa Central Railroad: Great Plans, Grand Failure; 3. Eldora Railroad & Coal Company; 4. Iowa River Railway; 5. Central Railroad Company of Iowa; 6. The Tangled Ways of Finance; 7.The Hook & Eye; 8. Iowa Central Railway; 9. Enter the Twentieth Century; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aAnalyzing the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the Iowa Central Railway, Don L. Hofsommer examines how this "plain vanilla" railway was an example of the life cycle of the American railroad industry. Drawing the story from station records, ann 676 $a385/.09777/09034 700 $aHofsommer$b Donovan L$01522629 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778394903321 996 $aThe hook & eye$93827897 997 $aUNINA