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[RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION -- PHOTO ALBUM].Biblio.com

This uncommon photo album documents the life of an engineer who attended Rutgers University travels through Pennsylvania to the famed McKeesport Gas field boom views museum exhibits of Wright Flyer Model B and dinosaur fossils and later worked for the Westinghouse factory building the massive generators for the Railroad Electrification projects which spread across the country after World War I. In addition the compiler has included a number of photographs of overhead electric locomotives from the Boston & Maine RR Pennsylvania RR and the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.

191952159Piscataway NJ & Pittsburgh PA: n.p. ca. 1919-1920. Oblong folio. 13.75 x 10 in. 80 pp unpaginated on thick black paper. With 107 original photographs sized from 1.5 x 2.5 in. up to 8.5 x 11 in. with many of the photos containing neatly lettered captions below the images in white ink a few of the images tinted blue all securely mounted to the pages. Contemporary ribbed leather post-binder brass screw posts at gutter margin rounded corners yapp edges some scuffing edgewear rubbing lifting to leather at spine still a VG exemplar w/ 8 pages from the Rutgers Scarlet Letter Yearbook laid-in. This remarkable album documents the life of a Pennsylvania Westinghouse engineer working on projects for the Railroad Electrification project. The album opens with photos of camping with Rutgers’ College friends along the Ohio River the steamship Evelyn which was a 252 feet long iron steamer built for the Philadelphia & Gulf Steamship Co.; the West Penn Power Station on the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh and hijinks with fraternity brothers. The album then displays photos of the Westinghouse factories rail yards bridges and power plants near Pittsburgh. Of particular interest are the series of photographs illustrating the gas wells derricks and structures in the McKeesport PA natural gas boom which lasted for from December 1919 to the beginning of 1921 during which over $ 35 million was invested into over 500 acres of leases and then went bust when only 180 wells ended up producing gas at the time. These are followed by a series of images showing the skyline of Pittsburgh the Fort Pitt Bridge and the sternwheeler Carbon docked at the shore. These are followed by photographs showing the manufacturing of immense Westinghouse Electric Generators showing them in various stages of assembly the factory floor workers the pulley driven power system for the plant power transformers rectifiers as well as the construction of large diesel generator motors. The excellent large images which follow show electric locomotives and Westinghouse brake systems being installed on locomotives including a New Haven Baldwin-Westinghouse Class EP-1 for the Boston & Maine Railroad with the AC pantographs prominent; a Juniata-Westinghouse Class DD-1 locomotive for the Pennsylvania RR fitted with shorter DC pantographs fitted on top; two different images of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Baldwin-Westinghouse Class EP-3 electric locomotives which was built and delivered to run out of Three Forks MT in December 1919 and many others. See: Electrification of Four Mountain Divisions of the C.M. & St. Paul Railway pp. 110-115; American Oil & Gas Historical Society McKeesport Gas company 2016. n.p., hardcover

[Transcontinental Railroad]Biblio.com

Railroad Record. And Journal of Commerce Banking Manufactures and Statistics. Extra

18563168Cincinnati 1856. Very good. Five issues and supplements totaling 72pp. Spines reinforced. Light tanning and dust soiling; scattered faint foxing. A lengthy extra issue of the Railroad Record with four additional eight-page supplements that together comprise a ringing endorsement from this industry periodical and its editors of the southern route through Texas and the Southwest for the American transcontinental railroad. The first two items of this extra published on October 4 1855 are by Texas Western Railroad owner and promoter Edgar Conkling who exhorts readers to examine the evidence supporting construction along the southern route and to invest in his railroad which was already sanctioned by the Texas state legislature as the text of two laws printed following his address demonstrate. Much of the issue is taken up by extracts from Secretary of War Jefferson Davis' positive report on the route through Texas and by a précis by Colonel A.B. Davis of his exhaustive survey of the proposed path through the recently completed Gadsden Purchase with a double-page map of the intended line. After several other attestations a subscription form is included at the rear for those who wish to purchase stock at $100 per share in the Texas Western Railroad Company. The additional four supplements dating from late 1855 and the first half of 1856 print more arguments in favor of the southern route including a lengthy letter from Thomas Butler King and lead articles with titles such as "What Shall Be Done for a Highway to the Pacific" and "Objections to the Construction of the Pacific Railroad reviewed." The Texas Western never built more than fifty miles of track connection Shreveport Louisiana and Marshall Texas and it was another twenty-five years before the Southern Pacific and Texas & Pacific Railroads connected near El Paso in 1881 to complete the "southern route" as it was originally conceived. unknown

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 057,63 €

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANYBiblio.com

THE WESTERN TRAIL. PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY -- THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE

190254207Chicago: Published by the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company 1902. 1902. First edition thus. 14 1/4" x 10 1/4" printed newspaper 8 pp. triple column illustrated from photographs map of the "Great Rock Island Route System." This is Vol. XXII No. 1. Chicago January 1902. "The Western Trail is published by the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific R'Y - The Great Rock Island Route - as a quarterly and issued in the interests of the above named Company. Its endeavor will be to give its readers in considerable detail facts as to emigration securing homes and the industrial interests of the country traversed by THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE in the states of Kansas Colorado and Texas and the Indian and Oklahoma Territories and in a general way show the industrial interests in all the states traversed by this line. Copies for a year will be mailed free." ---- Quoted from The Western Trail. Features include the Seven-Six Ranch of W. D. Wagner a few miles from Dalhart Texas that shows a ranch scene with a wonderful view of a windmill in operation. Articles about towns in Indian Territory New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma and Texas with special coverage on Addington Indian Territory Cloudcroft New Mexico Santa Rosa New Mexico and Burlington Colorado the county seat of Kit Carson County. Also some information on growing crops such as rice and broom corn. All in all an interesting newspaper for its day. This item has had detailed work by a master paper conservator as it has been deacidified a few small portions have been mended with Japanese paper and any tears or paper loss have been infilled. It has been housed in a transparent polyester "Mylar" sleeve to protect against dirt and handling. A very good and serviceable copy. Published by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, 1902. unknown

BUCKINGHAM BOOKS · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 057,63 €

St Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway CompanyBiblio.com

Iron Mountain Route! St. Louis to Texas!

5718St. Louis: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Job Print; Woodward Tiernan & Hale Map Engr's 1878. Broadsheet with map 20.75" x 6.5" plus margins printed in black and red. Map size 11" x 5". Faded purple stamp of agent Henry H. Hannan. CONDITION: Very good upper-half of right margin rough cut. A scarce and attractive promotional broadsheet with map issued by the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway advertising special railway offers to emigrants headed to Texas. This broadsheet announces cheap excursion tickets free baggage up to 200 lbs. and reduced emigrant rates for departures from St. Louis on the Short Line Route which runs through Arkansas into Texas. A table of rates on the verso lists first class and emigrant rates. The Texas Short Line extends from St. Louis Missouri to Galveston and Austin and cuts diagonally across the map with various spurs along the way including intersections the Texas & Pacific R'y and the International & Great Northern R'y. Interested parties seeking assistance information on Texas maps time-tables rates of fare etc. are encouraged to call upon or address the nearest of the railroad's Agents located in Missouri Chicago New York City and Ohio whose names are provided on both recto and verso. The St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway began selling off land holdings in Arkansas in the mid-1870s and continued to do so into the early twentieth century. OCLC records some twenty maps published by the railroad company promoting land it owned in Arkansas issued during this time period. These lands extended from the northernmost point of the state around Little Rock to the line's southern terminus in Texarkana. The company offered various inducements for settlers deep discounts for putting money down as well as reduced freight should homesteaders wish to transport their belongings via the railway. As demonstrated by the present broadsheet the railroad also capitalized on emigration to Texas. OCLC records only three copies at Yale Princeton and University of Texas at Arlington. St. Louis: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Job Print; Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Map Engr's, 1878 unknown

James Arsenault & Company · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 057,63 €

HUDSON RIVER RAILROADBiblio.com

Hudson River and the Hudson River Railroad: with a complete map and wood cut views of the principal objects of interest upon the line

1851406078New York: Wm. C. Locke & Co 1851. Wrappers chipped at edges professionally rebacked some unobtrusive offsetting on map. 8vo. 50 pages. Large folding map on three joined sheets 21 x 1788 cm; 8.25 x 61.75 inches. 11 woodblock illustrations in text and with 2 more not recorded in the index but always present. Original printed wrappers with woodblock vignette. SCARCE Hudson River Railroad travel guide published the first year in which the full line was completed. It covers points of interest along the route with woodblocks illustrating the text. Topics include: the history of the Hudson River the history of the construction of the Hudson River Railroad and the cities towns and villages along the Hudson from New York City all the way to Troy. Concerning the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring the guide states: "the iron foundry was established here by Gouverneur Kemble. The works are situated about a mile west of the village upon a small stream which tumbles rapidly down the mountains affording considerable water power. It is the largest establishment of its kind in the country employing nearly five hundred hands constantly." The building of the Hudson River Railroad is another topic in the guide. The project was considered highly impractical since much of the route had to be cut through extremely difficult rock and terrain. This section includes a description of the tunnels which had to be constructed. The railroad was opened in three stages. In September 1849 it allowed passengers to travel from New York to Peekskill. By that December 6 twenty-three additional miles were opened extending to New Hamburg. By the 31st of the month it was open the remaining distance of nine miles to Poughkeepsie. The Hudson River Railroad was an extension of the Troy and Greenbush Railroad which was chartered in 1845 connecting Troy South to Greenbush now Rensselaer on the east side of the Hudson. The Hudson River Railroad was chartered on May 12 1846 to extend this line south to New York City. The full line opened on October 3 1851 the same year in which this travel guide was published. WorldCat/OCLC records 25 copies but it is scarcely found complete with the map and the map is also excluded from the digitized versions available online. Wm. C. Locke & Co unknown

Riverrun Books & Manuscripts · États-Unis1 000,00 $US≈ 846,10 €

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