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	Road, Rail and Water - transport in Offaly - Offaly History, Archaeology, Offaly Towns, Heritage, Research, King's ...
		In the seventeenth century road transport was still at a very rudimentary stage of development, ensuring that on its finalisation the canal was in a position to dominate travel to and from the county.
		As the railways offered a far speedier form of transport, their advent inevitably ensured the passing of the canal as the primary means of travel in the country and their initial arrival aroused a great deal of confrontation and bitterness between the canal companies and their new rivals.
		This was only barely sustainable in the hey-day of rail transport, but on the coming of independence it was clear that it was not a situation which could be allowed to persist indefinitely.
	www.offalyhistory.com /content/reading_resources/offaly_gen/road_rail_canal.htm (2795 words)

	Transportation
		There, Daniel Webster (Dartmouth Class of 1801), stood on brand new tracks and declared, "It is an extraordinary era in which we live." By -1850 there were 376 miles of track in the state, and thirty years later there were 1,200 miles.
		Bellows Falls, a village in Rockingham, developed as both a transportation, manufacturing and commercial center after an east-west rail line was brought in from New Hampshire in 1849 and in 1851 was connected to a north-south line along the Connecticut River.
		Rail accidents have been relatively few but spectacular, such as the one that occurred a few miles north of White River junction on February 5, 1887.
	www.flowofhistory.org /themes/technology_transportation/transportation.php (4746 words)

	Railroad
		Though the rail system was extremely slow at first and prohibitively expensive to build and run, the British were not to be dissuaded in their pursuit of non-animal driven transportation.
		The most advanced mode of transportation prior to the introduction of the rail system was the horse drawn omnibus on a track, called a tram.
		Some rails were still made of wood, others iron and the first trains traveled at the pace of 3.5 miles per hour, significantly slower than the horse drawn coach which traveled at a speed of 9-10 miles per hour.
	www.gober.net /victorian/reports/railroad.html (1783 words)

	1804-2004 - 200th Anniversary of Trevithick's Penydarren
		The history of rail transport can be traced, in the style of James Burke's popular books and PBS "Connections" documentaries, back to Roman times, and beyond.
		One story that surfaces regularly claims that the width of modern rails in the U.S. was determined by the width of two Roman horses' hind-quarters, and while that claim was long ago debunked, the real story of how mankind got from oxcarts to the bullet-train is no less intricate and fascinating.
		The use of wagons mounted on wooden and iron rails evolved in England and Europe, starting in the 16th century, as a means of moving goods within mines, quarries, and factories, and by 1767 cast-iron rails were being produced.
	alphabetilately.com /trevithick.html (1522 words)

	First Railroads in North America
		Not germane to the functional definition of a particular line of rails, and hence to questions of its classification as a railroad, are: the source of motive power, kind of material for rails and supporting ties (sleepers), varieties of things transported, or classification under law as a private or public carrier.
		One of the massive timber rails was grooved – U-shaped – and the opposite one tongued.
		Rails at first were of wood and then of granite, both topped by iron straps.
	www.cprr.org /Museum/First_US_Railroads_Gamst.html (5083 words)

	The Circus in America: 1793 - 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The early American circus fully realized the full potential of the railroad to transport their shows, but the railroad could not handle the specialized movement of the circus especially when there was more than one gauge or distance between the rails.
		During the 1850’s and 60’s a typical railroad show could be called a “gilly” show—one that transported the show from the train to the lot by manual labor in rented wagons.
		Equipment used on the show would be loaded onto a gilly wagon from a railroad boxcar, transported to the lot, and after the performance, loaded back onto the gilly wagon and transported back to the box car.
	www.circusinamerica.org /public/transportation_modes (1027 words)

	Department of Transport: 2004
		The new rail commuter service will operate from Mallow through Cork City to Midleton and is designed to meet the long-term needs of the rapidly expanding East Cork Region, help to alleviate traffic congestion into and out of the city at peak times, and attract industrial and commercial developers.
		Passenger trips on the entire Cork suburban rail network, including the existing and expanding Cobh service, are projected at 3.8 million, or almost 16,000 per working day, in the first year of operation, doubling to 32,000 a day, by 2020.
		The Faber Maunsell report concluded that the strategic transport modelling work undertaken as part of the CASP study indicated that investment in the rail network would provide good value for money in the context of the very significant increases in population and employment that are envisaged.
	www.transport.ie /viewitem.asp?id=5563&lang=ENG&loc=1801 (1167 words)

	SIDE - Online Information article about SIDE
		rail rope by an endless hauling rope at an average speed of 4 to 6 m.
		These towers may be constructed either of wood or iron, and if the exigencies of the work render it desirable, they may be mounted on trolleys and rails, in which case the cableway is rendered portable, and can be moved about, sometimes a great advantage in excavating work.
		Thus the telpher is a self-propelled electric carrier running on a mono-rail, which, according to the conditions, may be a steel rail or a steel cable.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SIDE.html (5308 words)

	Invention of Steam Loco
		The boiler and engine were in one piece; hot water was put into the boiler and a red-hot iron was inserted into a tube underneath; thus causing steam to be raised and the engine set in motion.
		In 1801 he produced another bigger locomotive named the ' Puffing Devil', which consisted of a cylindrical horizontal boiler and a single horizontal cylinder let into it.
		Trevithick had plenty of volunteers for his locomotive that reached speeds of 12 mph (19 kph) but once again the rails broke and he was forced to bring the experiment to an end.
	railindia.tripod.com /invent_stloco.html (1489 words)

	Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From 1541 the Kingdom of Ireland was established by the King of England, though this realm did not cover the whole island till the early 17th century.
		In 1800 the Irish Parliament passed the Act of Union which, in 1801, merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
		The rail network in Ireland was developed by various private companies, some of which received British Government funding in the late 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ireland (6477 words)

	Trenton Historical Society, New Jersey
		It was in downstream transportation and, what is more important, in transportation on the upper Delaware along a channel filled with falls and rapids, that these boats proved their worth.
		The raft had been an ingenious device whereby lumber practically transported itself from one place to another, and when the supply of timber waned the raft, too, ceased to be.
		These sloops transported all sorts of military supplies from Philadelphia to Trenton, where they were loaded on wagons and taken to New Brunswick, there to be carried forward to New York.
	www.trentonhistory.org /His/transportation.htm (15030 words)

	USS Almaack AK-27
		Screened by a battleship, three heavy cruisers, and seven destroyers, the convoy included Almaack, a transport, a storeship and an oiler, and the aircraft carrier Wasp (CV-7)-the latter with planes of the 33d Pursuit Squadron (Curtiss P-40s) on board earmarked for the defense of the base in Iceland.
		At 2020, the ship secured her cargo-handling details because of the wind and sea conditions with six of her boats secured to the stern—a condition that soon changed with worsening weather; two boats swamped, and the remainder were sent ashore.
		Almaack arrived in the transport area off Saipan at 0535 on D-day, 15 June 1944, and had all of her tank lighters in the water in 19 minutes; expeditiously loading the eight M-4 "Sherman" tanks into her seven lighters and one provided by Sumter, the LCM-3s were on their way shoreward by 0711.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/Transport/Almaack.html (5346 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		The application forms and transportation tags shall be printed and distributed by the sheriff of each county.
		The transportation tags shall be in two parts; one to be retained by the transporting party; one to be retained by the validating peace officer and forwarded to the county sheriff.
		The transportation tags shall be validated and in force only for the proposed date or dates of transportation as specified in the application for the transportation tags.
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /cacodes/pen/369a-402c.html (5020 words)

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		Horse drawn transport reached its zenith in the stage coach of 19th century Europe and North America.
		The stage coach remmained a dominent factor in transport until the railroads superseded it.
		Trams, that is, wheeled vehicles running on rails laid in the roadway, developed, like the railways, from the transport used in mines.
	www.whom.co.uk /squelch/transport.htm (3801 words)

	Baloch Freedom Fighters attack Nuclear Establishment
		The Baloch freedom-fighters have repeatedly been trying to disrupt road and rail communications between Balochistan and Punjab.
		The idea is that the Chinese tankers bringing oil from Saudi Arabia and Iran would download them at Gwadar and from there the energy supplies would be moved by a pipeline to Xinjiang.
		This would reduce the Chinese dependence on the Malacca Straits for the transport of their energy supplies.
	www.saag.org /papers19/paper1801.html (660 words)

	Slate Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Padarn tramway for Dinorwig Quarry was completed in 1843, and the railways to Porth Penrhyn and Y Felinheli were completed by 1852. Of course, with the extension of the national rail network the tonnage of slates carried on the railways increased greatly.
		Before the construction of the tramway at Dinorwig, boats were used on Llyn Padarn to carry slate since at least the middle of the eighteenth century.
		However, with the subsequent decline of the rail industry slate loads are today carried by road.
	www.llechicymru.info /ITransport.english.htm (460 words)

	Euro Reform
		England was the force behind the rail revolution, adapting old designs and improving them so well that the rest of Europe looked to the island for guidance.
		Rail also had a monumental impact on the movement of goods, especially raw goods like coal, cotton, and timber, which in turn spurred textile, steel, and machinery manufacturing.
		Many people took advantage of railroad transportation; in 1850, 50% of tickets were bought at the parliamentary rate as compared to 1913, when 96% of tickets were purchased at that rate.
	www.ihs.issaquah.wednet.edu /Teachers/Fine/euro_reform.htm (7330 words)

	Transport - the Railways
		Their constituent parts had been around for years before they were finally brought together early in the 19th century to form a viable transport system.
		Unfortunately the cast-iron rails of the tramway were not strong enough to support the five-ton weight.
		As the rails fanned out across the country, there was plenty of work for everyone, and when home demand eased off, the rest of the world clamoured for Britain's expertise and engineering skills.
	www.cottontimes.co.uk /transrail.htm (835 words)

	The U.S. Marine Transportation System
		Thus, formal coordination and planning of marine transportation infrastructure improvements are needed as competition for use of the waterways and vessel size and complexity increase.
		Transporting bulk goods by water results in a 35 percent reduction in transportation costs, when compared to other modes.
		The CAA required the EPA, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to issue standards applicable to the emission of VOCs and other air pollutants from loading and unloading of tank vessels which the EPA finds causes, or contributes to, air pollution that may be reasonably anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
	www.yoto98.noaa.gov /yoto/meeting/mar_trans_316.html (12698 words)

	1801 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		1798 1799 1800 - 1801 - 1802 1803 1804
		1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
		You can find it there under the keyword 1801 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1801)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1801andaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1801 (648 words)

	Retention of DOT Markings, Placards, and Labels - 59:36695-36700
		Such markings, placards and labels generally must be retained on packages until the packaging is sufficiently cleaned of residue and purged of vapors to remove any potential hazards and retained on transport vehicles, freight containers, motor vehicles or rail freight cars until hazardous material which requires the marking or placarding is removed therefrom.
		The Secretaries of Labor, Transportation and the Treasury should cooperate in order to ensure that placards and labels required on hazardous materials and explosives, both in transportation and at stationary facilities, be retained until such materials have been removed to the extent that they no longer pose a safety risk.
		In response to both concerns, the final rule applies to the employer who receives the containers of hazardous materials and not the person responsible for transporting such material unless the material is still under the control of the transporter at its final destination when it is out of transportation.
	www.osha.gov /pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=FEDERAL_REGISTER&p_id=13396&p_text_version=FALSE (4820 words)

	Transportation Organizations
		International service organization focused on encouraging better road and transportation systems worldwide and helping to apply technology and management practices that will give maximum economic and social returns from national road investments.
		Transportation Research Board, National Academies, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418; Telephone: (202) 334-2934; Fax: (202) 334-2003; Web: http://www.nas.edu/trb/.
		The board works to promote innovation and progress in the transportation field by sponsoring research conferences and sharing information.
	www.amideast.org /publications/aq/AQ_Summer_2000_Transportation_Organizations.htm (822 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
		Year 1801 (MDCCCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday
		July 18 - Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=1801 (715 words)

	Ireland - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		From 1541 the Kingdom of Ireland was established by the King of England, though this realm did not cover the whole island till the early 17th century.
		In 1800 the Irish Parliament passed the Act of Union which, in 1801, merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
		The rail network in Ireland was developed by various private companies with the help of British Government funding throughout the late 19th century, reaching its greatest extent around the 1920s.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/i/r/e/Ireland.html (4152 words)

	1853 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1853.
		January 25 - The Cincinnati, Cambridge and Chicago Short Line Railway, a predecessor of Pennsylvania Railroad, is incorporated in Indiana to build from New Castle southeast via Cambridge to the Ohio state line.
		Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May 2002), Arkansas state rail plan 2002 (PDF).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1853_in_rail_transport (501 words)

	Teacher Resources - Collection - Railroad Maps, 1828-1900
		The railroad's ability to transport troops and supplies was a major impetus for railroad mapping during the Civil War.
		Railroads were necessary to transport the farms' harvests to the cities.
		If students use public transportation in their daily lives, ask what they do with their old maps when the routes are changed and revised maps are printed.
	memory.loc.gov /learn/collections/rr/file.html (3745 words)

	ITS/CVO CVISN Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Trade, traffic or transportation in the U.S. which is between a place in a state and a place outside of such state or is between two places in a state through another state.
		The transportation of highway trailers or removable trailer bodies on rail cars specifically equipped for the service. It is essentially a joint carrier movement in which the motor carrier forms a pickup and delivery operation to a rail terminal, as well as a delivery operation at the terminating railhead.
		A truck consisting primarily of a transport device which is a single-unit truck or truck tractor with one or more attached trailers.
	cvisn.fmcsa.dot.gov /Introcvisn/glossv20.shtml (7928 words)

	Power of Steam
		Roads of rails called Wagonways were being used in Germany as early as 1550.
		These primitive railed roads consisted of wooden rails over which horse-drawn wagons or carts moved with greater ease than over dirt roads.
		The flange was a groove that allowed the wheels to better grip the rail, this was an important design that carried over to later locomotives.
	railindia.tripod.com /steam_power.html (1078 words)

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