In this profusely illustrated 48-page booklet, Shank has captured the romance of the days of open warfare between the New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1880's. If Vanderbilt had completed his railroad through the Allegheny Mountains, he might have put the Pennsylvania Railroad Company out of business. As it turned out, after 50 years of abandonment, the nearly completed tunnels set the stage for American's first superhighway, the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Vanderbilt's Folly: A History of the Pennsylvania Turnpike

History

Shank, William H.

Americas

American Canal and Transportation Center

Words, music and chords to over thirty canal songs performed on an accompanying CD by the Golden Eagle String Band.

Canaller's Songbook

Arts & Photography

COMPILED & EDITED BY WILLIAM HULLFISH

Music

Towpath guide to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal: Georgetown Tidelock to Cumberland

Hahn, Thomas F.

Towpath Guide to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: Georgetown Tidelock to Cumberland

Thomas F. Hahn

Towpath Guide to the C & O Canal (Georgetown (Tidelock) to Cumberland, Combined Edition)

Towpath Guide to the C & O Canal, Georgetown (Tidelock) to Cumberland

Towpath Guide to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal: Georgetown (Tidelock) to Cumberland (Revised Combined Edition)

Biker and hiker's guide to the C &amp; O canal 227pp

Towpath Guide to the C & O Canal Georgetown Tidelock to Cumberland (25th Anniversary Edition)

Thomas Hahn

The Main Line, Pennsylvania's answer to the Erie Canal, was a remarkable system of canals, railroads and inclined planes connecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Late engineer-artist Philip Hoffman made a brilliant series of drawings which depict every facet of life on the route. 80-page, full-color paperback with Hoffman biography.

A picture-journey along the Pennsylvania Main Line canal, 1826-1857

Philip J. Hoffmann

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

The BEST from American Canals Vol. VI contains articles from the American Canal Society newsletter from 1991-1993. Written by canal buffs from around the world, these articles contain numerous maps, photographs and drawings detailing canals both old and new.

The Best from American Canals, Vol. VI

Science & Math

Technology

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