The Iron Horse And The Windy City
Subtitle: How Railroads Shaped Chicago
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: April 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780875803340
Subjects: Railway transport industries; Railroads - General; Illinois; Transportation; Economic conditions; Chicago; Chicago (Ill.); Land use; Railroads
Description: Explores how the railroads helped create and shape the city of Chicago from the earliest times to the present, discussing how the expansion of rail lines promoted the growth of the city's suburbs, how Chicago's manufacturing center became home to corporate giants, and how the railroad had originally planned to bypass the city.