Southern Pacific In California
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Southern Pacific In California
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Author : Kerry Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2011-02
Southern Pacific In California written by Kerry Sullivan and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02 with History categories.
The Southern Pacific Railroad is California's railroad. As the Central Pacific, it bored and blasted its way east from Sacramento, across the towering High Sierra, meeting with the Union Pacific at Promontory, Utah, completing the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, and profoundly changing the growing United States. By the early 20th century, the Southern Pacific was a rail colossus, stretching from San Francisco Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. Yet the Southern Pacific remained essentially Californian. Its rail lines gave muscle to the lovely California coast, the fertile San Joaquin and Imperial Valleys, and the timber industry of the north coast. Yet for all its might and majesty, for many Californians the Southern Pacific was a smaller, more intimate part of the fabric of their daily lives.
Sunset Limited
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Author : Richard J. Orsi
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005-05-16
Sunset Limited written by Richard J. Orsi and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-16 with History categories.
The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique history and character. It also acquired a reputation, especially in California, as a railroad that people loved to hate. This magisterial history tells the full story of the Southern Pacific for the first time, shattering myths about the company that have prevailed to this day. A landmark account, Sunset Limited explores the railroad's development and influence—especially as it affected land settlement, agriculture, water policy, and the environment—and offers a new perspective on the tremendous, often surprising, role the company played in shaping the American West. Based on his unprecedented and extensive research into the company's historical archives, Richard Orsi finds that, contrary to conventional understanding, the Southern Pacific Company identified its corporate well-being with population growth and social and economic development in the railroad's hinterland. As he traces the complex and shifting intersections between corporate and public interest, Orsi documents the railroad's little-known promotion of land distribution, small-scale farming, scientific agriculture, and less wasteful environmental practices and policies—including water conservation and wilderness and recreational parklands preservation. Meticulously researched, lucidly written, and judiciously balanced, Sunset Limited opens a new window onto the American West in a crucial phase of its development and will forever change our perceptions of one of the largest and most important western corporations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Southern Pacific Depots In California
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Author : Stephen M. Hayes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Southern Pacific Depots In California written by Stephen M. Hayes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with categories.
The Lands Of The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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Author : Jerome Madden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
The Lands Of The Southern Pacific Railroad Company written by Jerome Madden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Agriculture categories.
Southern Pacific Lines Los Angeles Division
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Author : John R. Signor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Southern Pacific Lines Los Angeles Division written by John R. Signor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Railroads categories.
Chapters On The History Of The Southern Pacific
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Author : Stuart Daggett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
Chapters On The History Of The Southern Pacific written by Stuart Daggett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Transportation categories.
Sunset
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Sunset written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with California categories.
Sacramento S Southern Pacific Shops
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Author : Kevin W. Hecteman
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2010-05-10
Sacramento S Southern Pacific Shops written by Kevin W. Hecteman and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-10 with Transportation categories.
In 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad was founded and began building eastward from Sacramento as part of the transcontinental railroad. This required a shop capable of keeping the railroads equipment in running order. So in 1867, in the swamps just north of town, the Sacramento shops were born. For well more than a century, this massive complex kept the Central Pacific and its corporate successor, the Southern Pacific, operating smoothly. For many decades, the shops were the largest employer in the Sacramento area, employing carpenters, painters, draftsmen, boilermakers, electricians, clerks, upholsterers, and others. The shops forces designed, built, and maintained locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and other railroading equipment. The complex closed in 1999. Most of the area, popularly known as the Railyards, is set for redevelopment. The California State Railroad Museum handles maintenance and restoration of its collection in two of the shops buildings and plans to develop a Railroad Technology Museum on the site.
Annual Report Of The Southern Pacific Railroad Company Of California
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Author : Southern Pacific Railroad Company
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905
Annual Report Of The Southern Pacific Railroad Company Of California written by Southern Pacific Railroad Company and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1905 with categories.
California South Of Tehachapi
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 190?
California South Of Tehachapi written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 190? with California, Southern categories.