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Title: The Railway Conquest of the World

Author: Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

Release date: December 2, 2021 [eBook #66868]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: William Heinemann, 1911

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THE RAILWAY CONQUEST
OF THE WORLD

[Frontispiece

WHERE THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY STRIKES ACROSS SALT LAKE

The “cut off” across the water is 27 miles in length, of which 15 miles are represented by solid earth embankment.

CONQUESTS OF SCIENCE

THE
RAILWAY CONQUEST
OF THE WORLD

BY
FREDERICK A. TALBOT

AUTHOR OF
“THE NEW GARDEN OF CANADA,” “THE MAKING OF A GREAT CANADIAN RAILWAY,” &C.

ILLUSTRATED

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN