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The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s

2018-07-24 History
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Book Synopsis The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s by : Charles H. Bogart

Download or read book The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s written by Charles H. Bogart. This book was released on 2018-07-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky claims to be the birthplace of railroading west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1832, the Lexington & Ohio Railroad (L&O) began to build track from Lexington to Louisville. Unfortunately the L&O got no further than Frankfort on the Kentucky River when it ran out of money. Railroad construction in Kentucky would stagnate until the 1850s when four companies started to build track, three were north-south and one east-west. An amalgamation of railroads using the name Kentucky Central would push south from Covington opposite Cincinnati OH, toward Chattanooga TN, but stalled at Nicholasville due to the Civil War. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) would build southward from Louisville for Nashville TN, and Memphis TN, reaching both cities as the Civil War started. The Mobile & Ohio Railroad (M&O) during the same period completed a railroad from Mobile AL, to Columbus KY, on the Mississippi River. The east-west track reached from Louisville eastward to a junction at Frankfort KY.

Ghost Railroads of Kentucky

1998 Business & Economics
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Release : 1998
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Ghost Railroads of Kentucky by : Elmer Griffith Sulzer

Download or read book Ghost Railroads of Kentucky written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Railroads of Kentucky (first published in 1967) and its two sister volumes, Ghost Railroads of Indiana (1970) and Ghost Railroads of Tennessee (1975), provide the authoritative account of the abandoned lines in the railroad heartland east of the Mississippi. No mere compilation of dry statistics on track closings and running schedules (though they are here too!), this book is full of the life and vigor of Kentucky's economic arteries. Professor Sulzer, a consummate storyteller, recounts the human drama surrounding these ghost lines. Even poor Alex Richardson, shamefully lynched on the new railroad bridge over the Kentucky River at West Irvine, has his sad story told.

Railroads 40s & 50s

2014-11-23 History
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Release : 2014-11-23
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Book Synopsis Railroads 40s & 50s by : Charles H. Bogart

Download or read book Railroads 40s & 50s written by Charles H. Bogart. This book was released on 2014-11-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each class one, class two and class three railroad in Kentucky is covered in text and photographs

Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky

1884 Railroads
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Release : 1884
Genre : Railroads
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Book Synopsis Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky by : Railroad Commission of Kentucky

Download or read book Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky written by Railroad Commission of Kentucky. This book was released on 1884. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Eastern Kentucky Railway

2007 History
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Release : 2007
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Book Synopsis Eastern Kentucky Railway by : Terry L. Baldridge

Download or read book Eastern Kentucky Railway written by Terry L. Baldridge. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1865, as the Civil War was drawing to a close, plans were underway in Boston for a railroad construction project to begin in Greenup County, Kentucky. Eventually the Eastern Kentucky Railway Company would extend its main track through two more counties, Carter and Lawrence. Spanning just 36 miles of main track from Riverton to Webbville, the Eastern Kentucky Railway became a lifeline for the economic and social activities of the people of northeastern Kentucky. Even though the original plan of extending the railway much farther south and bridging the Ohio River to the north never came about, the railway struggled along for more than 65 years. Many people who grew up along the line passed their experiences to younger generations; some, like Jesse Stuart, wrote about them. This volume will show life along the rail line that lent its name to the highways now running its route.

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