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The world the trains made : a century of great railroad architecture in the United States and Canada / James D. Dilts.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lebanon : ForeEdge, 2018Description: xiv, 271 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781611688023
  • 1611688027
Subject(s):
Contents:
A railroad suite of buildings (terminal complexes) -- Terminus -- City gateways -- Down by the station -- Room streets (train sheds) -- The big storehouse (freight depots, warehouses, grain elevators) -- The office -- Grand hotels -- The back shop -- Where they lived (railroad towns and suburbs) -- How they lived -- Crossing over and under -- Moving structures (locomotives and coaches) -- Monuments.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 720.103 D579 Available 33111009264439
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

James D. Dilts has written the first comprehensive study of the broad range of structures built in North America for the railroads during their heyday, from high-rise office buildings to resort hotels to roundhouses and shops. Dilts delves into the personalities of the people who conceived these structures and examines the creative new uses that have been found for many of them today. The railroads popularized such vogues in architecture as the Italianate style in the United States and the château style in Canada and pioneered the use of new materials and methods of construction. Included in this lavishly illustrated, full-color volume are more than a hundred of the finest examples of fourteen different building types. The World the Trains Made will appeal to railroad and architecture buffs, preservationists considering the adaptive reuse of historic structures, and anyone concerned about our transportation priorities in the age of climate change--particularly with regard to environmentally friendly railroads.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A railroad suite of buildings (terminal complexes) -- Terminus -- City gateways -- Down by the station -- Room streets (train sheds) -- The big storehouse (freight depots, warehouses, grain elevators) -- The office -- Grand hotels -- The back shop -- Where they lived (railroad towns and suburbs) -- How they lived -- Crossing over and under -- Moving structures (locomotives and coaches) -- Monuments.

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