Robert J. Kapsch
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Over the Alleghenies
Early Canals and Railroads of Pennsylvania
West Virginia University Press
Between 1826 and 1858 the state of Pennsylvania built and operated the largest and most technologically advanced system of canals and railroads in North America–almost one thousand miles of transport that stretched from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and beyond.
The construction of this ambitious transportation system was accompanied by great euphoria. It was widely believed that the revenue created from these canals and railroads would eliminate the need for all taxes on state citizens. Yet with the Panic of 1837, a financial crisis much like boom and bust cycle that ended in 2008, a deep recession fell across the country.
By 1858, Pennsylvania had sold all canals and railroads to private companies, often for pennies-on-the-dollar.
- Copyright year: 2013
POTOMAC CANAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE WATERWAY WEST
West Virginia University Press
- Copyright year: 2007
Essays on the History of Transportation and Technology
West Virginia University Press
- Copyright year: 2014
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