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Railroads of Dubuque (IA) (Images of Rail) | 
 enlarge | Author: John Tigges; James Shaffer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1318197
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0738539570
Dewey Decimal Number: 977
EAN: 9780738539577
ASIN: 0738539570
Publication Date: August 22, 2005
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Product Description
The city of Dubuque, settled on the west side of the Mississippi River in 1833, has historically been home to four major railways and numerous trolleys and passenger trains. Dubuques railroad legacy was precipitated by local resident John Plumbe Jr., the Father of the Transcontinental Railroad, who proposed a transcontinental railroad in 1838 and promoted the idea throughout the Midwest. The Illinois Central Railroad first reached the east bank of the Mississippi in 1855, followed by the Milwaukee Road, the Chicago and Great Western, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroads. This book uses rare photographs and historical text to chronicle the development and heyday of these four pioneering railways, as well as Dubuques many trolleys and its two funicular railroads. While the glory days of Dubuques railroads may have passed, the legacy they brought to the city lives on, and is evident in the Fourth Street Elevator, which remains the worlds shortest, steepest railroad.
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