Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay William Riley McKeen and the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad

Name: Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay William Riley McKeen and the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad
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ISBN: 9780253338723

ISBN-10: 0253338727

ISBN-13: 9780253338723

Edition: 2001

Authors: Richard T. Wallis

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This is the story of an independent and creative nineteenth-century Indiana businessman, William Riley McKeen, and the railroad that he built based in Terre Haute - the Terre Haute & Indianapolis. It is also the story of how the small-town entrepreneur held the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad at bay, refusing to sell out before he was ready to do so. The TH & I has been something of an enigma until now for historians of the Pennsylvania Railroad. They have often ignored or failed to understand the fact that the Terre Haute road remained independent for so long. Unlike similar relations with its other western lines - like the Indiana Central, and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago, the…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 3/22/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English