Early American Railroads

Franz Anton Ritter Von Gerstner's "Die Innern Communicationen" (1842-43)

Szerző: Franz Anton Ritter Von Gerstner

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This is the first English translation of a monumental account of American railroads (and canals) in...

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Szerző

Franz Anton Ritter Von Gerstner

Nyelv

Angol

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Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

1997

oldal

916

EAN

9780804724234

ISBN

0804724237

Enbook ID

04716317

Kiadó

Stanford University Press

Súly

1805

Méretek

187 x 262 x 60

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This is the first English translation of a monumental account of American railroads (and canals) in the years 1838-1839. Its author, Franz Anton Ritter von Gerstner, was Europe's leading authority on railroad construction, and he conducted his study at the behest of the Russian government, which rightly felt that the United States would provide a more suitable model for the construction of a Russian railroad system than England. For a century and a half, Gerstner's Die innern Communicationen has been recognized as by far the most comprehensive and detailed work on the development, construction, finance, and operation of early American railroads and canals, enriched by accounts of the pioneering men who were involved in the enterprise that was to transform the century. Most of the technological data presented is to be found nowhere else; for example, virtually every technique for constructing the various kinds of track is explained and illustrated by line drawings. Gerstner supplemented his first-hand observations of every railroad in the United States with data from transportation companies and government documents, including the amounts, dimensions, and kinds of rolling stock, personnel, funds dispersed, revenues collected, ton-miles of freight, and seat-miles of passengers. Throughout, Gerstner s insights and commentary reflect his vast experience and knowledge of railroads (he built what is often called the first railroad on the European continent and the first Russian railroad).

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