Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads / Jeffrey Darbee.

By:

Darbee, Jeffrey T [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Railroads past and presentPublisher: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 230 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780253029508
0253029503

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads.DDC classification:

385.09772 23

LOC classification:

HE2791.I53 D37 2017

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Contents:

Introduction -- Early Indianapolis: settling "The West" -- The railroad arrives: a new travel technology -- The Union -- The Belt: another new idea -- The city and its railroads -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: "In an era dominated by huge railroad corporations, Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads reveals the important role two small railroad companies had on development and progress in the Hoosier State. After Indianapolis was founded in 1821, early settlers struggled to move people was only a little over 14 miles. Though small in size, the Union and the Belt had an outsized impact, both on the city's rail network and on the city itself. It played an important role both in maximizing the efficiency and value of the city's railroad freight and passenger services and in helping to shape the urban form of Indianapolis in ways that remain visible today."--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In an era dominated by huge railroad corporations, Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads reveals the important role two small railroad companies had on development and progress in the Hoosier State. After Indianapolis was founded in 1821, early settlers struggled to move people was only a little over 14 miles. Though small in size, the Union and the Belt had an outsized impact, both on the city's rail network and on the city itself. It played an important role both in maximizing the efficiency and value of the city's railroad freight and passenger services and in helping to shape the urban form of Indianapolis in ways that remain visible today."--Provided by publisher.

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