EDITORS—In No. 32 of the present volume of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, you say in your article entitled "Canals and Railroads," that "the wisest policy to pursue, apparently, is to utilize the ...

Country singer Charley Pride wasn’t born in Montana, but he lived in Helena and Great Falls and worked for the Anaconda Company, which certainly gives him status as a Montanan.

STEAM-TOWING ON THE CANALS.; THE PROJECT FOR A RAILROAD ON THE BERME BANKS AGAIN BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE. Share full article. April 9, 1880. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Christopher Gabel talked about the importance of railroads and steam-powered locomotives to the the Union and Confederate armies during the U.S. Civil War. Professor Gabel explained how railroads ...

BALLSTON SPA — Although the village was served by four railroads in 1900, three were electric trolley systems and only one, the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co., was a steam railroad. The Delawa… ...

The Erie Canal The Seymourites. Share full article. Oct. 27, 1862. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from October 27, 1862, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

Cotter, 1908: The town perched on the edge of the then undammed White River, a hub for steamboats, railroads and timber operations. The commerce gave rise to the unusual Hotel Royal, the wooden ...

In 1831, he became the Chief Engineer for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad and was the first railroad engineer to design a 4-2-0 steam locomotive; the 4-2-0 type is called the Jervis type in his honor.

The canal was soon superseded by the railroad, though, and the original WVRR was built along the towpath of the old canal starting in 1863 and reached Connersville in 1867. Today, Metamora celebrates ...

The Baltimore and Ohio was the first railroad in the United States, opening for commerce in 1830. Early railroads used horses and steam engines. They competed with other methods of ...

When the canal has seven feet of water, and boats propelled by steam carry 240 tuns, a further great reduction will then be made; and if railroads cannot now compete, what will be their position ...