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Transportation

Advertisement for Oelrichs & Co. Steamship Co.

Ad for Oelrichs & Co. Steamship Co. The Langstroth Collection, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County. Henry Oelrichs, a…

Advertisement from from 1773 fora ship leaving for Philadelphia

An advertisement from 1773 seeking “all young Men and youg [sic] Women, who have a mind to better their fortunes”…

American End of the Panama Scandal

The article discusses a Congressional investigation into the American committee in support of Ferdinand De Lesseps’ Panama Canal scheme. Jesse…

American Interests in Panama

The article discusses the threatened financial collapse of Frenchman Ferdinand De Lesseps’ enterprise to build a canal across the Isthmus…

Annual Report, Louisville Bridge Company

Annual Report, Louisville Bridge Company

Bought for $10,000,000

The article reports that a major syndicate including J. & W. Seligman & Co. and other major investment banks had…

De Lesseps' Bubble

The article discusses the failure of the De Lesseps Panama Canal scheme and notes that Frenchmen would lose considerable sums…

Duesenberg J Advertisements

After partnering with Errett Lobbn Cord, the Duesenbergs began marketing their cars as luxury vehicles, using advertisements such as the…

Fifth-Wheel Construction Patent

Fifth-Wheel Construction Patent, filed 1919, issued 1922.

Fink Patent No. 10887, Truss Bridge

Fink Patent No. 10887, Truss Bridge, 1854

Fink, Albert Testimony Before Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Albert Fink Testimony before Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, January 1880

General Slocum disaster coverage in the <em>New York Tribune</em>

Front page of the June 16, 1904, New York Tribune. The newspaper discusses the General Slocum disaster in which more…

Heurich Brewery Vehicle Bill Receipts

Heurich began using trucks as well as horse-drawn wagons as early as 1905. These billheads, however, also illustrate a problem…

Invitation to the Opening Ceremonies of the Brooklyn Bridge

Invitation to the opening ceremonies of the Brooklyn Bridge (Mr. Wechmar of Mühlhausen was a relative of the Roeblings.)

Isometric of Delaware Aqueduct Abutment

K&E Field Engineer’s Book 361

“Tables for Excavations and Embankments,” from the K&amp;E Field Engineer’s Book 361. Made by Keuffel &amp; Esser Co., NY. Used…

Letter from Harris Kempner confirming his appointment as a director of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe

Letter from Harris Kempner confirming his appointment as a director of the Gulf, Colorado &amp; Santa Fe Railway Company, 24…

Map Drawn by Albert Fink of B&O Railroad Route Surveys from Cumberland, MD to Wheeling, VA

Map Drawn by Albert Fink of B&amp;O Railroad route surveys from Cumberland, MD to Wheeling, VA (now Wheeling, WV), 1850

Map of Texas with Early Rail Lines

Map of Texas with early rail lines highlighted. From Mitchell's A System of Modern Geography (Philadelphia, PA: J.H. Butler &amp;…

Marine Chartering Group of Companies

Marine Chartering Group of Companies, status as of July 1997.

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