| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
transportation inConnecticut from colonialtimes to the age of steam |
| Author: |
DeLucaRichard, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Middletown, Conn. |
| Published: |
Wesleyan University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2011 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (x, 251 p.)ill., maps. : |
| Series: |
Driftless Connecticut series |
| Subject: |
Transportation - History - Connecticut - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780819571731/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9780819571731electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0819571733electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780819568564hbk. |
| ISBN: |
0819568562hbk. |
| Content Note: |
The land and its first inhabitants -- Colonial Connecticut -- Turnpikes and stagecoaches -- Steamboats and canals -- The railroad, part I -- The railroad, part II -- Conclusion: a period of transition -- Appendix A: population by geomorphic region, 1800/1920 -- Appendix B: corporation charters -- Appendix C: Connecticut rail lines |