Author: Valerie Knowles
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459714601
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Winner of the 2005 Ottawa Book Award for Non-fiction , the 2005 University of British Columbia Award for Best Canadian Biography, and the Canadian Railroad Historical Association Award for Best Railway Book of the Year. William Van Horne was one of North America’s most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, he became a prominent railway figure in the United States before coming to Canada in 1881 to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne pushed through construction of the CPR’s transcontinental line and went on to become company president. He also became one of Canada’s foremost financiers and art collectors, capping his career by opening Cuba’s interior with a railway.
From Telegrapher to Titan
Author: Valerie Knowles
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459714601
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Winner of the 2005 Ottawa Book Award for Non-fiction , the 2005 University of British Columbia Award for Best Canadian Biography, and the Canadian Railroad Historical Association Award for Best Railway Book of the Year. William Van Horne was one of North America’s most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, he became a prominent railway figure in the United States before coming to Canada in 1881 to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne pushed through construction of the CPR’s transcontinental line and went on to become company president. He also became one of Canada’s foremost financiers and art collectors, capping his career by opening Cuba’s interior with a railway.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459714601
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Winner of the 2005 Ottawa Book Award for Non-fiction , the 2005 University of British Columbia Award for Best Canadian Biography, and the Canadian Railroad Historical Association Award for Best Railway Book of the Year. William Van Horne was one of North America’s most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, he became a prominent railway figure in the United States before coming to Canada in 1881 to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne pushed through construction of the CPR’s transcontinental line and went on to become company president. He also became one of Canada’s foremost financiers and art collectors, capping his career by opening Cuba’s interior with a railway.
The Canadian National Record for Swine
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Category : Swine
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Category : Swine
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Canadian National Records for Sheep
Author: Canadian national live stock records office
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Category : Sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Category : Sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad
Author: William Herman Rau
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812236254
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This volume reproduces almost 100 remarkably detailed and texturally rich photographs. Essays by noted historians John Stilgoe, Mary Panzer, and Kenneth Finkel place Rau and his work in the context of the history of American advertising and landscape photography.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812236254
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This volume reproduces almost 100 remarkably detailed and texturally rich photographs. Essays by noted historians John Stilgoe, Mary Panzer, and Kenneth Finkel place Rau and his work in the context of the history of American advertising and landscape photography.
William C. Van Horne
Author: Valerie Knowles
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1770705236
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
William C. Van Horne was one of North America's most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, Van Horne started working in the railway business at a young age. In 1881 he was lured north to Canada to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Ralway. The railroading general pushed through construction of the CPR's transcontinental line and then went on to become the company's president. During his time with the CPR, Van Horne developed a telegraph service, launched the Empress line of Pacific steamships in 1891, and founded CP Hotels. He capped his career by opening up Cuba's interior with a railway. A man of prodigious energy and many talents, he also became Canada's foremost art collector and one of the country's leading financiers. For all of his amazing accomplishments, Van Horne was knighted in 1894. When he died church bells throughout the length and breadth of Cuba tolled to mark his passing, and when his funeral train made its way across Canada, all traffic on the CPR system was suspended for five minutes.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1770705236
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
William C. Van Horne was one of North America's most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, Van Horne started working in the railway business at a young age. In 1881 he was lured north to Canada to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Ralway. The railroading general pushed through construction of the CPR's transcontinental line and then went on to become the company's president. During his time with the CPR, Van Horne developed a telegraph service, launched the Empress line of Pacific steamships in 1891, and founded CP Hotels. He capped his career by opening up Cuba's interior with a railway. A man of prodigious energy and many talents, he also became Canada's foremost art collector and one of the country's leading financiers. For all of his amazing accomplishments, Van Horne was knighted in 1894. When he died church bells throughout the length and breadth of Cuba tolled to mark his passing, and when his funeral train made its way across Canada, all traffic on the CPR system was suspended for five minutes.
Canadian Shorthorn Herd Book
Author: Canadian Shorthorn Association
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois
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Category : Will County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 798
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Category : Will County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 798
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Annual Report
Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Official Register of the United States
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
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Polk's (Trow's) New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory, Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx
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Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Languages : en
Pages : 596
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