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Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway

By: Leonard E. Alwine,David W. Seidel

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Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway

By: Leonard E. Alwine,David W. Seidel

Dating back to 1882, the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway has humble origins, but it quickly became a viable transportation system serving the city of Altoona. Often referred to as the Logan Valley, the railway employed 300 people, transported 11.5 million passengers a year, and traveled 7,220 scheduled route miles a day until economic conditions forced the line to discontinue service on June 2, 1954. Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway documents the history of a streetcar network that served the employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad as well as the community. Through 200 images and informed narrative, this book retraces the history of the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway and its successor, the Logan Valley Bus Company.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738538973

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9780738538976

Horseshoe Curve

By: David W. Seidel

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Horseshoe Curve

By: David W. Seidel

The Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve is known worldwide as an engineering wonder. This landmark, located just west of Altoona, opened to traffic on February 15, 1854, and it enabled the Pennsylvania railroad line to climb the Allegheny Mountains and the eastern continental divide. The Horseshoe Curve's construction impacted railroad design and development for mountainous terrain everywhere, enabling access to coal and other raw materials essential for the industrial age. J. Edgar Thomson, chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is widely recognized for his engineering and design of the Horseshoe Curve, a concept never utilized previously. Today the curve is still in use and sees approximately 70 trains daily. Through vintage photographs, Horseshoe Curve chronicles how this marvel remains one of the vital transportation arteries linking the east and west coasts of the United States.

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1439620342

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Altoona

By: David W. Seidel

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Altoona

By: David W. Seidel

The Pennsylvania Railroad was incorporated in 1846 and immediately began the task of finding an all-rail route to connect Philadelphia with Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Railroad surveyed possible routes and arrived on a valley floor at the base of the Allegheny Mountains in 1849 that was primarily occupied by the David Robeson farm. As people arrived for employment opportunities, the railroad company purchased the Robeson farm, laid out the plan of a town, and named it Altoona. Shops were established, and crafts were needed as locomotive and car design and building evolved, all with increasing population and prosperity. Altoona grew from farmland to 75,000 people in 75 years.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738572616

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9780738572611

A Short History of Physics in the American Century

By: David C. Cassidy

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A Short History of Physics in the American Century

By: David C. Cassidy

As the twentieth century drew to a close, computers, the Internet, and nanotechnology were central to modern American life. Yet the advances in physics underlying these applications are poorly understood and widely underappreciated by U.S. citizens today. In this concise overview, David C. Cassidy sharpens our perspective on modern physics by viewing this foundational science through the lens of America's engagement with the political events of a tumultuous century. American physics first stirred in the 1890s-around the time x-rays and radioactivity were discovered in Germany-with the founding of graduate schools on the German model. Yet American research lagged behind the great European laboratories until highly effective domestic policies, together with the exodus of physicists from fascist countries, brought the nation into the first ranks of world research in the 1930s. The creation of the atomic bomb and radar during World War II ensured lavish government support for particle physics, along with computation, solid-state physics, and military communication. These advances facilitated space exploration and led to the global expansion of the Internet. Well into the 1960s, physicists bolstered the United States' international status, and the nation repaid the favor through massive outlays of federal, military, and philanthropic funding. But gradually America relinquished its postwar commitment to scientific leadership, and the nation found itself struggling to maintain a competitive edge in science education and research. Today, American physicists, relying primarily on industrial funding, must compete with smaller, scrappier nations intent on writing their own brief history of physics in the twenty-first century.

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Harvard University Press

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0674062744

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9780674062740

Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds Volume 12

By: David Michael Adams,Evelyn Algerman Valentine Ebsworth

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Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds Volume 12

By: David Michael Adams,Evelyn Algerman Valentine Ebsworth

Annotation. Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds provides a unique source of information on an important area of chemistry. Divided into sections mainly according to the particular spectroscopic technique used, coverage in each volume includes: NMR (with reference to stereochemistry, dynamic systems, paramagnetic complexes, solid state NMR and Groups 13-18); nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy; vibrational spectroscopy of main group and transition element compounds and coordinated ligands; and electron diffraction. Reflecting the growing volume of published work in this field, researchers will find this Specialist Periodical Report an invaluable source of information on current methods and applications. Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage in major areas of chemical research. Compiled by teams of leading experts in their specialist fields, this series is designed to help the chemistry community keep current with the latest developments in their field. Each volume in the series is published either annually or biennially and is a superb reference point for researchers. www.rsc.org/spr

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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0851869203

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9780851869209

Theodor Storm

Studies in Ambivalence. Symbol and Myth in his Narrative Fiction

By: David Artiss

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Theodor Storm

Studies in Ambivalence. Symbol and Myth in his Narrative Fiction

By: David Artiss

How characteristic were the elements used in Theodor Storm’s (1817 – 1888) fiction? What were the rich fund of symbols and myths that he used? Few Storm interpreters have addressed themselves seriously to these questions. This study tries to fill this gap.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027281351

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9789027281357

Horseshoe Curve

By: David W. Seidel

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Horseshoe Curve

By: David W. Seidel

The Horseshoe Curve is known worldwide as an engineering achievement by the Pennsylvania Railroad. This landmark, located just west of Altoona, opened to traffic on February 15, 1854, and it enabled a railroad line to climb the Allegheny Mountains and the eastern continental divide. The Horseshoe Curve's construction impacted railroad design and development for mountainous terrain everywhere, enabling access to coal and other raw materials essential for the industrial age. J. Edgar Thomson, chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is widely recognized for his engineering and design of the Horseshoe Curve, a concept never utilized previously. Today the curve is still in use and sees approximately 70 trains daily. Through vintage photographs, Horseshoe Curve chronicles how this marvel remains one of the vital transportation arteries linking the east and west coasts of the United States.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738557072

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Altoona

By: David W. Seidel

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Book's by David W. Seidel

Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway

Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway

Horseshoe Curve

Horseshoe Curve

Altoona

Altoona

A Short History of Physics in the American Century

A Short History of Physics in the American Century

Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds Volume 12

Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds Volume 12

Theodor Storm

Theodor Storm

Horseshoe Curve

Horseshoe Curve

Altoona

Altoona

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