The Union Signal
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Published: 1883
Total Pages: 824
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Building Chicago's Subways
Author: David Sadowski
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467129380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile the elevated Chicago Loop is justly famous as a symbol of the city, the fascinating history of its subways is less well known. The City of Chicago broke ground on what would become the "Initial System of Subways" during the Great Depression and finished 20 years later. This gigantic construction project, a part of the New Deal, would overcome many obstacles while tunneling through Chicago's soft blue clay, under congested downtown streets, and even beneath the mighty Chicago River. Chicago's first rapid transit subway opened in 1943 after decades of wrangling over routes, financing, and logistics. It grew to encompass the State Street, Dearborn-Milwaukee, and West Side Subways, with the latter modernizing the old Garfield Park "L" into the median of Chicago's first expressway. Take a trip underground and see how Chicago's "I Will" spirit overcame challenges and persevered to help with the successful building of the subways that move millions. Building Chicago's subways was national news and a matter of considerable civic pride--making it a "Second City" no more
Burlington Northern
Author: Earl J Currie
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Published: 2019-11
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ISBN-13: 9780996122573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBurlington Northern (BN) formed from the merger of four railways. Success required complex planning and implementation programs. Then the electric-power industry summoned BN to transport immense amounts of low-sulfur coal, and railroading as an adventure began for thousands hired to improve or increase the railroad's capacity, lines, tracks, and fleet size. Soon, BN's lines handled the highest tonnages of any railroad line in the world, past or present. This, the first in a two-volume series, covers this important decade.
Annual Report of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company
Author: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
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Published: 1902
Total Pages: 36
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Author: David Sadowski
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467126810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChicago's extensive transit system first started in 1859, when horsecars ran on rails in city streets. Cable cars and electric streetcars came next. Where new trolley car lines were built, people, businesses, and neighborhoods followed. Chicago quickly became a world-class city. At its peak, Chicago had over 3,000 streetcars and 1,000 miles of track--the largest such system in the world. By the 1930s, there were also streamlined trolleys and trolley buses on rubber tires. Some parts of Chicago's famous "L" system also used trolley wire instead of a third rail. Trolley cars once took people from the Loop to such faraway places as Aurora, Elgin, Milwaukee, and South Bend. A few still run today.
Chicago's Lost "L"s
Author: David Sadowski
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2021-07-12
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1439672911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChicago's system of elevated railways, known locally as the "L," has run continuously since 1892 and, like the city, has never stood still. It helped neighborhoods grow, brought their increasingly diverse populations together, and gave the famous Loop its name. But today's system has changed radically over the years. Chicago's Lost "L"s tells the story of former lines such as Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Kenwood, Stockyards, Normal Park, Westchester, and Niles Center. It was once possible to take high-speed trains on the L directly to Aurora, Elgin, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The L started out as four different companies, two starting out using steam engines instead of electricity. Eventually, all four came together via the Union Loop. The L is more than a way of getting around. Its trains are a place where people meet and interact. Some say the best way to experience the city is via the L, with its second-story view. Chicago's Lost "L"s is virtually a "secret history" of Chicago, and this is your ticket.
Encyclopedia of Haunted Places
Author: Jeff Belanger
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1601630824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeaturing new listings and new information on existing haunts, thhis book offers supernatural tourists a guide to points of interest through the eyes of the world's leading ghost hunters.
The Operations Evaluation Group
Author: Keith R. Tidman
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 384
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgainst Expression
Author: Craig Dworkin
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2011-01-17
Total Pages: 657
ISBN-13: 0810127113
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCharles Bernstein has described conceptual "poetry pregnant with thought." Against Expression, the premier anthology of conceptual writing, presents work that is by turns thoughtful, funny, provocative, and disturbing. Editors Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith chart the trajectory of the conceptual aesthetic from early precursors such as Samuel Beckett and Marcel Duchamp through major avant-garde groups of the past century, including Dada, Oulipo, Fluxus, and language poetry, to name just a few. The works of more than a hundred writers from Aasprong to Zykov demonstrate a remarkable variety of new ways of thinking about the nature of texts, information, and art, using found, appropriated, and randomly generated texts to explore the possibilities of non-expressive language. --Book Jacket.
Exploring American Folk Music
Author: Kip Lornell
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2012-05-29
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 1617032646
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