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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Grant, H. Roger (1943-....)
Titre(s) : The Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston rail road [Texte imprimé] : dreams of linking North and South / H. Roger Grant
Publication : Bloomington : Indiana university press, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-191 p.) ; 27 cm
Collection : Railroads past and present
Lien à la collection : Railroads past and present
Comprend : Slow, difficult, and dangerous travel ; A rail road? ; Knoxville, 1836 ; Surveys,
finances, and construction ; Crisis and contraction ; What happened ; What might
have happened.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 165-182
"The ante-bellum era was an expansive time in American history, including the transport
sector, when the agrarian republic was evolving into an industrialized society. It
would be railroads, not canals, roads, and waterways that made this possible. The
ambitious--perhaps too ambitious--Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road
(LC&C) of the late 1830s became a part of rapidly spreading "railroad fever." This
projected road was one of the first seriously attempted inter-regional projects. If
the LC&C had begun operations as planned, it would have been the nation's longest
railroad and also its largest private corporation. As a path-breaking railroad, the
LC&C would have bolstered the economies of the three cities at its extremeties and
scores of existing and new communities along its stem. The road also might have affected
the political landscape of the nation, perhaps even preventing southern secession.
As with most railroads, whether early or late, large or small, successful or not,
several individulas sparked the drive. For the LC its greatest champion was the politically
prominent Robert Y. Hayne. No wonder this South Carolinian played a pivotal role in
organizing the greatest railroad convention in the South prior to the Civil War. In
July 1836, hundreds of delegates from nine states flocked to Knoxville, Tennessee,
to discuss building this nearly 700-mile line. However, it would not be until 1894,
with formation of the Southern Railway, that these dreams conceived at the dawn of
the Railway Age were fully realized"--Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Chemins de fer -- Caroline du Sud (États-Unis) -- Histoire
Transport -- Caroline du Sud (États-Unis) -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
385.065 73 (23e éd.) = Transports ferroviaires - Entreprises commerciales - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780253011817. - ISBN 0253011817 (rel.). - ISBN 9780253011879 (erroné). - ISBN
0253011876 (erroné) (eb)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44307461j
Notice n° :
FRBNF44307461
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