The Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail Road: Dreams of Linking North and South
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Among the grand antebellum plans to build railroads to interconnect the vast American republic, perhaps none was more ambitious than the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston. The route was intended to link the cotton-producing South and the grain and livestock growers of the Old Northwest with traders and markets in the East, creating economic opportunities along its 700-mile length. But then came the Panic of 1837, and the project came to a halt...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0253011817
ISBN13:9780253011817
Release Date:April 2014
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 7.3" x 10.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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