Name: Railroaded: The Untold History of Halifax's Rail Cut (en Inglés)
SKU: 67198940
Price: 529.53 MXN
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Author: Chaulk, Bob
ISBN: 9781774714775

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Railroaded: The Untold History of Halifax's Rail Cut (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Editorial

Nimbus Publishing Limited

Autor

Chaulk, Bob

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

224

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.8x15.2x1.4 cm

ISBN13

9781774714775

Railroaded: The Untold History of Halifax's Rail Cut (en Inglés)

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An incisive illustrated history of the ill-planned and calamitous construction of Halifax's railway from the author of Atlantic's Last Stop. Halifax in the early twentieth century had a problem. It was in the wrong place in a thinly populated country, far from Canada's builders, spenders, movers, and shakers. Grumbling about the city's subpar performance in the movement of goods, people, and mail had become a time-honoured pastime. Halifax was the closest big Canadian port to Europe, but more than forty-five years after Confederation, rail and shipping services to the city were not making the grade. Expectations were high on October 30, 1912, when the man who could finally fix things?Frank Cochrane, the federal minister of Railways and Canals?came to town to make a big announcement. The stars were aligned. The question was, would the stars be bright enough to lead Halifax out of its dormancy? Over the next four years, dynamite and steam shovels would create havoc, throwing hundreds of people out of their homes, devour four hundred acres of prime municipal real estate, cover two huge swaths of the harbour, annihilate two kilometres of shoreline, and cut a deep gash eight kilometres long across the city?all to build a rail cut that confounds transportation to this day. Illustrated with photos and hand-drafted maps, Railroaded: The Untold History of Halifax's Rail Cut is a story about how powerless citizens are when their elected government decides it wants something they have?including their homes?in a desperate grasp at a prosperous future.