Minneapolis and the Age of Railways

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Minneapolis and the Age of Railways

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 352 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780816645022
  • DDC分類 385

Full Description

With the recent revitalization of the Minneapolis Warehouse District and the surge in construction of condominiums and other buildings near the banks of the Mississippi, the landscape of the city seems to change almost daily. Not so long ago, however, this newly desirable area was blanketed by railroads serving the lumber and flour mills and other industries powered by the enormous Falls of St. Anthony.

In Minneapolis and the Age of Railways, Don Hofsommer presents Minneapolis from the 1860s into the 1950s, when railroads served as a unique link between city and countryside. Rails carried wheat and helped make Minneapolis the flour milling capital of the world; brought logs to Minneapolis to be processed into lumber that built towns and farms across the prairies; and delivered coal and all manner of manufactured goods and merchandise to Minneapolis, to its vast hinterland to the north and west, and beyond to the Rockies and the Pacific, making the growth of America's northern heartland possible.

Railroads also provided efficient, long-distance transportation for hundreds of thousands of people who traveled via Minneapolis. The Milwaukee Road and Great Northern passenger terminals in Minneapolis were vibrant places-the heart of the city-pumping passengers, mail, and express parcels into the nation's steel-rail cardiovascular system.

Illustrated with more than 200 period photographs and maps detailing the city and the tracks that crossed it, this remarkable book reflects a time not so long ago when the locomotive dominated the landscape and set the tempo for the nation-the age of railways.

Contents

CONTENTS

Preface

1. Steamcars at Last

2. Late to the Party

3. Of Champagne and Panic

4. The St. Louis Road

5. Pulling and Hauling

6. Optimism and Realism

7. New Players

8. Dancing with the Giants

9. Falling Rates and Encroachment

10. Adrift

11. Three Cents per Mile

12. Rumors and Reality

13. Shifting Winds

14. The Struggling Giant

15. Mixed Blessings

16. An Uncertain Future

Epilogue

Notes

Index