Where the Great River Rises

Where the Great River Rises

Author: Rebecca A. Brown

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9781584657651

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A lavishly illustrated, comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the natural and human elements that comprise the Upper Connecticut River watershed


Along the Valley Line

Along the Valley Line

Author: Max R. Miller

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2017-08-15

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0819577383

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The Connecticut Valley Railroad once carried both passengers and freight along the west bank of the Connecticut River between Hartford and Old Saybrook. Completed in 1871, today the railroad is known throughout New England for the nostalgic steam-powered excursion trains that run on a portion of the line between Essex and Chester. Until now the history of this popular tourist attraction has been the stuff of local lore and legend. This book, written by railroad historian and former vice president and director of Valley Railroad, Max R. Miller, provides the first comprehensive history of the Connecticut Valley Railroad through maps, ephemera, and archival photographs of the trains, bridges, and scenery surrounding the line. Offering tales of train wrecks, ghost sightings, booms and busts, Along the Valley Line will be treasured by railroad enthusiasts and historians alike.


Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents

Author: United States. Patent Office

Publisher:

Published: 1851

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13:

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Prior to 1862, when the Department of Agriculture was established, the report on agriculture was prepared and published by the Commissioner of Patents, and forms volume or part of volume, of his annual reports, the first being that of 1840. Cf. Checklist of public documents ... Washington, 1895, p. 148.