![]() ![]() Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. | Spokane International Railway by Dale W. The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century - Kindle edition by Schivelbusch, Wolfgang. This book shares the story of the Spokane International Railway and traces its international and local connections with every major railroad in the Pacific Northwest. Read 42 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Today, the route continues to be profitable under Union Pacific Railroad ownership with commodities shipped to Western markets via the Canadian Pacific Railway. C.\" Corbin broke the Hill lines' stronghold by forming the Spokane International Railway as a 140-mile rail line from Spokane, Washington, to Eastport, Idaho, to interchange traffic from the Canadian border to the Pacific. World Machines: The Steam Engine, the Railway, and the Computer' In The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century, xvii-xxvi.Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014. Wolfgang Schivelbusch, The Railway Journey. Spokane businessmen regarded Hill as a tyrant and considered his Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads unwelcome monopolies in Northeast Washington and the Idaho Panhandle. ![]() A key figure in the development of the Spokane International Railway was James Jerome Hill, or simply Jim Hill. The last half of the 19th century was typified by tycoons and shrewd railroad barons. The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century Hardcover Novemby Wolfgang Schivelbusch (Author) 4.6 4. ![]()
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