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Author | : William L. Withuhn |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2019-03-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0253039355 |
For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life.
Author | : Brian Solomon |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780760303368 |
A powerful collection of yesterdays iron workhorses captured in a variety of nostalgic photographs. Solomon's thoroughly-researched text details the origins, development and growth of the steam locomotive from its earliest days right up to its final futile battles to compete with the diesel. Witness the intimate workings of old steam engines that used 20,000 gallons of water per hour! And look inside fireboxes large enough to host a dinner for 12! See these iron behemoths inside and out, in photographs of them on the tracks, as well as in shots of them being rebuilt. An action-packed profile of the mighty steam trains that once ruled the tracks.
Author | : J. Parker Lamb |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2003-07-08 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780253342195 |
Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive documents the role played by mechanical engineers in the development of locomotive design. The steam engine and the mechanical engineering profession both grew directly out of the Industrial Revolution's need for sources of power beyond that of men and animals. Invented in England when coal mining was being developed, the practical steam engine eventually found numerous applications in transportation, especially in railroad technology. J. Parker Lamb traces the evolution of the steam engine from the early 1700s through the early 1800s, when the first locomotives were sent to the United States from England. Lamb then shifts the scene to the development of the American steam locomotive, first by numerous small builders, and later, by the early 20th century, by only three major enterprises and a handful of railroad company shops. Lamb reviews the steady progress of steam locomotive technology through its pinnacle during the 1930s, then discusses the reasons for its subsequent decline.
Author | : Alfred W. Bruce |
Publisher | : New York : W.W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
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Author | : Patrick W. Ertel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Farm tractors |
ISBN | : 9780760300978 |
A beautiful, full-color book devoted to the granddaddy of today's tractors -- the steam behemoths that worked the fields in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Steam manufacturers, including Case and Caterpillar, are fully covered.
Author | : David Lefer |
Publisher | : Back Bay Books |
Total Pages | : 922 |
Release | : 2009-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0316070343 |
An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.
Author | : Brian Solomon |
Publisher | : Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Complete with Travelers Tales boxes, specially commissioned maps & a listing of heritage team locomotives still in action today, this exciting chronicle tells the complete story of how the Iron Horse changed the course of history.
Author | : Tom Morrison |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 637 |
Release | : 2018-07-24 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1476627932 |
Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. They were deceptively simple machines, yet, the more their technology was studied, the more obscure it became. Despite immense and sustained engineering efforts, steam locomotives remained grossly inefficient in their use of increasingly costly fuel and labor. In the end, they baffled their masters and, as soon as diesel-electric technology provided an alternative, steam locomotives disappeared from American railroads. Drawing on the work of eminent engineers and railroad managers of the day, this lavishly illustrated history chronicles the challenges, triumphs and failures of American steam locomotive development and operation.
Author | : Jack Norbeck |
Publisher | : Crestline |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
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Author | : Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Hot-water heating |
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