Transportation
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  A Crew of One |
Analyzes the safety practices of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the railway which ran through Lac-Mégantic: How the company pushed for single member crews and regularly ignored … | Bruce Campbell | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
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From  All AboardOur Enduring Love Affair with Trains From: Wanderlust |
Chapter Six examines trains and transportation by rail. The chapter explores the invention of trains, trains as connectors of the masses across the big countries of Canada and America, the … | Laura Byrne Paquet | 25 | 2007 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Cruise Checks |
Chapter 5 focuses on the checks during the actual flight and the process of flying. Topics discussed include facts of air flight, routes, air pressure, weather, routing, polar flights, … | Doug Morris | 52 | 2022 | $5.20 Add |
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From  Driving into the World, from Oil Crisis to TodayFrom: Car Nation |
1973 – 2005. Looks at the oil shock of 1973, looks at the car industries involvement in nationalism, continentialism, and globalization, the development of fuel economy & emissions … | Dimitry Anastakis | 17 | 2008 | $1.70 Add |
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From  PassengersFrom: Titanic Remembered |
Looks at identifying the Passengers who were on board and specific passengers are more thoroughly looked at like George Wright, Molly Brown, and many others | Alan Ruffman | 10 | 2013 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Statesmen & SteamFrom: Samuel Cunard |
1820-1840. Examines Samuel Cunard’s far reaching business holdings and how they made him an elite person in Halifax. His political experiences are highlights as well as the building for the … | John Boileau | 14 | 2006 | $1.40 Add |
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From  The Canadian Hydrofoil ProjectFrom: Fastest in the World |
1948-1957. The naval applications and development of hydrofoil design are explored. | John Boileau | 8 | 2004 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Uncrowded Suburbs, 1904–07From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of a case appealed to the Privy Council dealing with certain operational issues, including which of the City or the Toronto Railway Company had the power to decide about establishing new … | C. Ian Kyer | 23 | 2015 | $2.30 Add |
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From A New Battleground, 1907–11From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of the creation of the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board and its role in the disputes between the City and the Toronto Railway Company over expansion of transit services. | C. Ian Kyer | 18 | 2015 | $1.80 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 On the RoadFrom: Wanderlust |
Chapter Seven focus on travel by the ancient roads to modern highway systems. The chapter begins with ancient roads, the silk road, the art of cartography in Europe and its development of roads … | Laura Byrne Paquet | 29 | 2007 | $2.90 Add |
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From NEW! Pre-Descent, In-Range, Landing and After Landing Checklist |
Chapter 6 discusses the landing process. Topics explored include ILS (Instrument Landing System), speed limits and how they calculate speed, keeping outside clean, small verses large aircrafts, … | Doug Morris | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Preparing for WarFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines the preperations for war made by Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher (1911-1914) including the naval officers involved, the role of oil, the Mediterranean naval … | Barry Gough | 41 | 2017 | $4.10 Add |
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From Proposals & PartnersFrom: Samuel Cunard |
1835-1840. Looks at designing steamships for tranoceanic travel, looks at bids for steam ship companies involvment in the British mail service which Samuel Cunard went after as well as his competitors | John Boileau | 10 | 2006 | $1.00 Add |
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From Remembering Bell and BaldwinFrom: Fastest in the World |
1957. Looks at the construction and launch of the Bras d’Or (Also known as R-103 and renamed Baddeck in 1962), an experimental prototype. | John Boileau | 10 | 2004 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Story Lives OnFrom: Titanic Remembered |
Looks at the fascination that has persisted regarding the Titanic, the searches for the ships and the discovery of it in 1985, outlines the Titanic Sites in Halifax | Alan Ruffman | 8 | 2013 | $0.80 Add |
