Delaware and Hudson

by Jim Shaughnessy

Book Overview

Here, in a pictorial history, Jim Shaughnessy turns an eloquent photographer's eye to the Delaware & Hudson, the line that began in 1823 as a canal system to transport Pennsylvania coal to New York State. The D&H extended from Montreal to the coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania. It was active for 170 years, when the route was sold in 1993 to the Canadian Pacific Railway Corporation. The line made early railroad fame by importing from England...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815604556
• ISBN13: 9780815604556
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 11.0"