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Iowa Railroads
Language: en
Pages: 348
Authors: Frank Pierce Donovan (Jr.)
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-05 - Publisher: University of Iowa Press

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What began as a study of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway stretched into more than a dozen contributions on Hawkeye state railroad topics. By 1969 Donovan ha
Iowa's Railroads
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: H. Roger Grant
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-01 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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A definitive history of the railroads of Iowa, featuring over four hundred black-and-white photographs. At one point in time, no place in Iowa was more than a f
The Hook & Eye
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Donovan L. Hofsommer
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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Traces the colorful history of the Iowa Central Railway and its valuable contributions to the development of the upper Midwest, chronicling the origins, growth,
Iowa's Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: John Tigges
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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When talk began circulating in 1848 about the importance of railroads, the people of Cascade grew anxious. Without direct access to navigable rivers other than
Railroads of Dubuque
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: John Tigges
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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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 pass