The Great Road: The Building of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Nation's First Railroad, 1828-1853
by James D. Dilts
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0804722358
- ISBN 13
- 9780804722353
- Seller
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About This Item
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1993. 472pp/illus/maps. Richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio, is an essential contribution not only to railyway history but also to the broader history of the development of the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century.There was no precedent for the building of the B&O. The construction of the 380-mile line from Baltimore to the Ohio River over a period of 25 years is an epic story of astute planning and innovative engineering that overcame many formidable obstacles, notably the arduous traversing of 200 miles of mountain wilderness. Its successful inauguration provided a spur to internal improvements throughout the United States. Railroads, and certainly the B&O, epitomized progress, not only in the development and extension of the Western frontier but in the revelation that personal travel and the delivery of freight could be dramatically faster, better, and cheaper. Clean no marks.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012288
- Title
- The Great Road: The Building of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Nation's First Railroad, 1828-1853
- Author
- James D. Dilts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0804722358
- ISBN 13
- 9780804722353
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford, CA
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Railroads, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Railroads;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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