Transportation
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From  EpilogueLessons Learned From: Thirty Years' War |
Illustration of how the issues arising in the accounts of the transit dispute could be applied in a modern context. | C. Ian Kyer | 11 | 2015 | $1.10 Add |
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From  EpilogueFrom: Titanic Remembered |
The impact of the Titanic Sinking is overviewed | Alan Ruffman | 2 | 2013 | $0.20 Add |
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From  Eve of Destruction |
Analyzes how by 2012 the conditions were set for some kind of rail disaster: too litte regulation and few qualified inspectors. Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway was unprepared for … | Bruce Campbell | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
 Fastest in the WorldThe Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils |
Like the builders of the Avro Arrow, the pioneers of hydrofoils are celebrated in this book for their world-class accomplishments. When Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting with flying … | 98 | View | ||
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From  Finishing the Canadian Pacific Railway (June) |
In this chapter, Dutil examines how in June 1885, the House of Commons debated the final financing of the Canadian Pacific Railway, | Patrice Dutil | 26 | 2024 | $2.60 Add |
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From Finishing with the Old Regime, 1921–24From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of the arbitration relating to the 1921 takeover of the Toronto Railway Company’s transit operations. | C. Ian Kyer | 13 | 2015 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Fisher’s ReformsFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Bough analyzes Jack Fisher’s reforms in the admiralty from 1904-1911 especially related to technilogical advancements, efficiency for vessels, administrative changes, and … | Barry Gough | 58 | 2017 | $5.80 Add |
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From  Flight PatternsA Century of Air Travel From: Wanderlust |
Chapter Eight examines the history of air travel. The chapter follows air travel from the invention of flight to the development of aviation, early airlines, rise of Pan Am, types of air crafts, … | Laura Byrne Paquet | 34 | 2007 | $3.40 Add |
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From Going Down to the Sea in ShipsFrom: Wanderlust |
Chapter Five explores the history of sea travel and ships as methods of transportation. The chapter begins with the Greeks and Roman sailing across the Mediterranean world, charter ships of the … | Laura Byrne Paquet | 27 | 2007 | $2.70 Add |
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From Harper and Harrison |
Discusses the deregulating agenda of the Harper majority government. How Government abandoned the precautionary principle in favour of a business friendly approach to regulation. Discussses the … | Bruce Campbell | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From Hazards of War and Last ActsFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines the hazards Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher faced due to the First World War (particularly 1916-1918) focusing on the advancement of submarine warfare and the … | Barry Gough | 46 | 2017 | $4.60 Add |
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From Ice, Snow, and a Temporary Thaw, 1893–99From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of legal actions commenced by two individuals over operational issues in the early years of the Toronto Railway Company. | C. Ian Kyer | 16 | 2015 | $1.60 Add |
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From IndexFrom: Fastest in the World |
Index | John Boileau | 2 | 2004 | $0.20 Add |
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From AcknowledgementsFrom: Fastest in the World |
Acknowledgements | John Boileau | 1 | 2004 | $0.10 Add |
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From Introduction |
Overview of the town of Lac-Mégantic, its relation to railroads, and the rail disaster of 2013, placed within the context of government deregulation of key industries like transportation and … | Bruce Campbell | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Titanic Remembered |
An introduction that sums up why the author is qualified to write this book. It also outlines an exhibit at the Martime Museum of the Atlantic about the Titanic sinking | Dan Conlin | 2 | 2013 | $0.20 Add |
