Post roads & iron horses
Subtitle: transportation in Connecticut from colonial times to the age of steam
By: Richard DeLuca
Series: Garnet books; Driftless Connecticut series; Garnet books; Driftless Connecticut series
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Middletown, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780819568564; 9780819571731
Subjects: Transportation; History
Other titles: Post roads and iron horses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The land and its first inhabitants; title: Colonial Connecticut; title: Turnpikes and stagecoaches; title: Steamboats and canals; title: The railroad, part I; title: The railroad, part II; title: Conclusion: a period of transition; title: Appendix A: population by geomorphic region, 1800/1920; title: Appendix B: corporation charters; title: Appendix C: Connecticut rail lines.