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The Great Road: The Building of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Nation's First Railroad, 1828-1853

The Great Road This account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio, is an essential contribution not only to railway history but also to the broader history of the development of the US in the first half of the 19th century. 80 illus. 5 maps.

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