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	Rail Transportation; An Historical Military Study, Quartermaster Review 1927 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		THE purpose of this brief sketch is to show the humble origin of rail transportation, the mistakes that have occurred in railway operation for military purposes, the present high state of its development and its effect on the strategy of warfare.
		Transportation is the corner-stone upon which the whole structure of modern civilization is reared; and the corner-stone could not be laid until the railroad was produced.
		The most notable achievement of the rail transportation division of the Quartermaster General's office during the year 1865, was the transportation to their homes of the Armies of the West and of the Potomac after their review by the President and his Cabinet.
	www.qmfound.com /rail.htm (3690 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)

	SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT, ... - Online Information article about SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT, ...
		purchase or requisition and collected by requisitioned or hired (civilian) transport." During an advance, on the other hand, " by far the most advantageous method is for the troops to be rationed by the inhabitants on whom they are billeted.
		draught and pack, and in respect of ' its organization and functions as transport on the line of communications and transport in the field, the latter being subdivided into first line and second line.
		Transport with the field units is, as has been said, divided into first line, which accompanies the fighting troops, and second line, which follows them at a distance.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /STE_SUS/SUPPLY_AND_TRANSPORT_MILITARY.html (4220 words)

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		Transportation investment standards and criteria -STATUTE- (a) Subject to sections 301-304 of this title, the Secretary of Transportation shall develop standards and criteria to formulate and economically evaluate all proposals for investing amounts of the United States Government in transportation facilities and equipment.
		In subsection (c), the words "The Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of a military department may make cooperative agreements under which" are substituted for "by the appropriate Secretary, pursuant to cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Transportation" in 49:1343(a)(1) and 49:1657(c) for clarity.
		The words "to the Department of Transportation" are substituted for "for service in the Administration to effect such participation" in 49:1343(a)(1) because of the transfer of aviation functions to the Secretary under 49:1655(c)(1) and to eliminate unnecessary words.
	uscode.house.gov /download/pls/49C3.txt (9653 words)

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		The new manufacturing class - those who needed an improved transport system to move their finished products around - were pleased as they had most to gain.
		The owners of the colliery decided to build a rail line from Stockton to Darlington so that they could move their coal to a large market with more ease.
		rail travel, despite the investment made into making rail lines, was 50% cheaper than coach travel.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /transport.htm (2219 words)

	1821 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		1818 1819 1820 - 1821 - 1822 1823 1824
		1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
		You can find it there under the keyword 1821 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1821)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1821andaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1821 (588 words)

	Transport - the Railways
		Unfortunately the cast-iron rails of the tramway were not strong enough to support the five-ton weight.
		It was hardly a success on the wooden tramlines, but it gave Stephenson valuable experience and in 1821 he was appointed engineer to the embryo Stockton and Darlington railway, the world's first freight- and passenger-carrying steam line.
		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)

	Ireland's Railway Systems
		It was found that the waves had battered the piers of the viaduct with such force that the vibration of the whole structure had thrown the rails out of gauge, and the viaduct was abandoned.
		This battery is used for road and rail transport, and has operated eighty-ton suburban passenger trains on the Great Southern Railways for several years without one failure.
		Through rail communication between Belfast and Londonderry was, however, not established until the completion of the viaduct over the River Bann at Coleraine in 1860.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r051.html (9156 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Transport in Europe
		It is a river port, rail terminus, and commercial center, with large freight depots for river and rail transport.
		Legislation applicable to the transport of chemicals in Europe.
		Bandag aims to be a leader in tyre replacement; Fleet operators in Europe can put all their tyre needs into the hands of one organisation.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Transport+in+Europe (750 words)

	Quartermaster Corps History Time Line, 1775-Present (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Troops had to be transported to these new possessions and maintained by a continuous flow of supplies.
		Responsibilities for Transportation, Construction and Procurement were transferred from the Corps for the duration of the War.
		Transportation mission transferred from the Quartermaster Corps to the newly established Transportation Corps.
	www.qmfound.com /quartermaster_time_line.htm (4442 words)

	Halifax County, Virginia, History
		Passengers and goods travelling eastward from this region were offloaded and transported to wider and slower waters along the eastern portions of the rivers.
		Though the transport of hospital patients and prisoners added to the R&D railroad's use, they were a minor part of the large increase in traffic volume promulgated by the war.
		Virginia's transportation networks were one of the main Union targets during the war, and by 1865 were in ruins.
	www.oldhalifax.com /county/historicalMonograph.htm (11972 words)

	The San Diego-Tijuana Region
		This dispersed, low-density pattern was possible in San Di ego due to adequate transportation infrastructure, particularly the freeway system, and the ability of the region to provide other urban services such as water, sewerage, and paved streets to the outlying areas.
		Public transportation is provided by buses that cover most areas of the city and a light rail system, the San Diego Trolley, that has expanded greatly in recent years.
		Energy is the lifeblood of any modern society: it fuels the transport of goods and people; it heats, cools and lights homes and office buildings and provides the power to run all computers and communication systems.
	communication.ucsd.edu /LCM/Olga/sdtj.html (18039 words)

	Railroad Collections
		Milwaukee Manuscript Collection BP Collection includes the papers of Albert Earling, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company; his daughter, Harriet Earling Dake; and Lawrence Fitch, Mrs.
		The TMERandT sold its property to the Milwaukee Suburban Transport Corporation in 1952, and went out of existence in 1963.
		Includes records of organizations of which Mowry was an officer: the Citizens Civic Council of Milwaukee County and the Property Owners and Renters Association of Milwaukee concerning such items as electric railroads, coal supply, and a water filtration plant; and a 1922 letter from the Federal Trade Commission concerning food and coal prices.
	www.uwm.edu /Library/arch/rail.htm (1396 words)

	Joseph Caldwell, 1773-1835. The Numbers of Carlton, Addressed to the People of North Carolina, on a Central Rail-Road ...
		Let the expense of transportation from the whole back country be reduced by means of a rail-way to little or nothing, and as a commercial city it must advance with instant and rapid progress to prosperity and a numerous population.
		Were the farmer at the distance of three hundred miles from the sea, the transport of a barrel of flour to the coast would cost him fourteen cents.
		In the end of each piece of the railing, is an indenture, so that when two come together a hole is completed, through which a pin or bolt is driven into a corresponding hole in the stone, to secure all together in their proper position.
	docsouth.unc.edu /nc/caldwell/caldwell.html (18214 words)

	Stockton & Darlington Railway - railway history(index)
		The history by J.S. Jeans was compiled from the records and documents appertaining to the railway company from the date of inception, and in this respect its authenticity is beyond doubt (or is it?).
		Today she stands within the walls of her first railway station at Darlington, a proud memorial to the pioneers who revolutionised passenger transport throughout the world.
		But this story is not just about a railway company or a locomotive, but about people, and communities and the way their lives changed with the advent of this wondrous industrial revolution.
	www.railcentre.co.uk (740 words)

	Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		By the time Florida became a part of the United States in 1821, most of the land along the St. John’s River had been given out as land grants either to encourage settlement or as repayment to veterans.
		The land on the south side of Lake Monroe, the future site of Sanford, was the northern edge of a large parcel of one of these grants that, by the time of the American Civil War, had come into the possession of the Confederate General Joseph Finnegan.
		As settlement of the state continued, the rivers became insufficient in handling the amount of commerce and traffic across the state to the major ports on the coast so, by the 1920s, the steamships had all been replaced by a network of rail lines.
	pegasus.cc.ucf.edu /~tbeaureg/Transportation.html (546 words)

	Own 2 London Public Transport
		Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for the transport system throughout the City of London and Greater London in the United Kingdom.
		Olympic Transport at Transport for London, told the Commission that Londoners were used to using public transport to...
		Transport for London is an executive arm of the Greater London Authority which is...
	www.own2.com /buyer/London-Public-Transport.html (3262 words)

	FORTNIGHTLY SUMMARY OF CURRENT NATIONAL SITUATIONS
		At the same time troop transports and freighters are pouring continually down from Japan and northern China coast ports headed south, apparently for French Indo-China and Formosan ports.
		Moelders was killed when a transport plane in which he was a passenger crashed near Breslau on November 22.
		Italian difficulties are due to mined and mired roads, lack of transportation facilities and the refusal of the Germans to repair the railroads in that sector.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/pha/pt_14/x15-080.html (14495 words)

	Pocket Tour of Ft. Laramie, Wyoming
		Larame, other than he was reputed to have been buried somewhere in the vicinity after having been killed by Indians in 1821, and his name was later used for towns, counties, rivers, mountain ranges, peaks and even a geologic event (The Laramide Orogeny).
		That it survived throughout the Indian wars after the second-generation forts, built on the rail lines, were established gives testimony as to its importance.
		The farms, feedlots, and rail yards seen today, were not existent then, and the forts isolation in the 19
	www.militaryhorse.org /tours/laramie (1362 words)

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		Two rail lines were built during this era, the first from Corinto to Leon and a second from Managua to Granada.
		Weakened culverts and torn up rails slowed the progress of the column, but there was no serious opposition until the lead train approached a trestle on the outskirts of Leon.
		Aerial patrols, low-level attacks, and the transporting of supplies all contributed to the success of the Guardia in scattering the rebels and forcing them to retire northward.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/nicar.txt (22503 words)

	A History of Batesville, Arkansas 1919
		Batesville became the county seat in 1821 and on November 19, 1821 the first court of common pleas was held, Judge Richard Peel and William Moore presiding.
		He was a representative in the territorial legislature in 1821, 1823, 1825, being elected Speaker of the House on the latter date.
		He came to Arkansas in 1821 and was, for a few years, a peddler, but afterwards he became a school teacher; and still later, he married a rich plantation owner's daughter and became a prosperous farmer.
	www.knology.net /~lizglenn/batesvll.htm (7673 words)

	Sudan
		Under the new government established in 1821, which was known as the Turkiyah or Turkish regime, soldiers lived off the land and exacted exorbitant taxes from the population.
		The British then constructed a rail line from Wadi Halfa to Abu Hamad and an extension parallel to the Nile to transport troops and supplies to Barbar.
		The parliamentary regime introduced plans to expand the country's education, economic, and transportation sectors.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/sudan/all.html (18566 words)

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		Independence in 1821 emancipated the country from the source of the policies, laws, and institutions that inhibited enterprise.
		Required permits (guias) for transporting foreign-made goods or goods destined for export had to indicate the precise route the merchandise would take and specify the amount of time to be consumed in transport.
		On arrival at the destination, a new document was issued that had to be physically transported to the origin of the shipment and submitted within a specified time to prove that the guia had been complied with.
	www.msu.edu /course/hst/384/xObstacles.htm (9942 words)

	Brief Maritime History of Florida: The Story of Florida's Maritime History--Florida Shipwrecks: 300 Years of Maritime ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Although Fort Jefferson never was finished, construction continued for 30 years and vast quantities of bricks were shipped to the key in flat-bottomed steamboats like that found at the Bird Key wreck, which was lost while transporting bricks.
		One unfortunate casualty in Florida waters was the Union transport ship Maple Leaf that struck a Confederate mine.
		Railroads expanded across the state connecting the ports and the interior, and steamboats like the City of Hawkinsville, SS Tarpon and SS Copenhagen began providing regular passenger and freight service on inland waterways like the St. Johns River and ocean service to international destinations.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/flshipwrecks/maritimehistory.htm (1826 words)

	Batteau Festival
		The patent, issued on April 3, 1821, was disputed by the Lynchburg Virginian newspaper.
		From this we observe that both cargo and significant numbers of passengers were sometimes transported long distances on the inland river system by means of Batteaux.
		Royal was told that each hogshead weighed 1500 pounds and that a Bateau could transport 9000 pounds of cargo or more, depending on river conditions.
	www.batteaufestival.com /river/rucker.asp (1450 words)

	A history of St. Louis
		Timothy Flint, a missionary from Connecticut, visited St. Louis in 1816 and was favorably impressed by the view of its white, lime coated buildings as seen from a distance.
		A new method of land transport, which later sounded the death knell of the steamboat, began to influence St. Louis in the 1850's.
		In the field of inter-city transportation, the period since the end of World War II has seen the decline of rail passenger traffic and a consequent upsurge in the rise of air and bus lines.
	www.museum.state.il.us /RiverWeb/landings/Ambot/Archives/History69 (11768 words)

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		If the general wished to follow Daniels's basic proposal, Bailey added, the blockading squadron would furnish necessary transportation and support for the expedition.13 Woodbury, too, was enthusiastic, and almost immediately began to set the plans in motion.
		At the time of their capture, they were reputed to be serving as Confederate Indian agents and supervising the trading of cloth, tobacco, lead, and rifle caps for hogs with the Seminoles.
		Lewis and Griffin were held at Fort Myers until January 16, when they were transported to Key West and imprisoned at Fort Taylor.38 As soon as Fort Myers was secured, the small detachment of soldiers and refugees at Useppa Island under Lieutenant Meyers joined the new force there.
	fulltext.fcla.edu /DLData/CF/FullText/fhq_62_3.txt (18039 words)

	goodridge
		In 1821, at the age of 16 he left York.
		It is clear that during the two years between 1821 and 1823, he married a Maryland woman named Emily and learned to be a barber.
		His rail cars were frequently used to hide and transport slaves eastward to Columbia or as far as Philadelphia.
	muweb.millersville.edu /~ugrr/yorkugrr/goodridge.htm (675 words)

	BOOKÛ1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		However, while the "civilizing mission" of the churches was espoused, it covered for colonials who exploited locals for profit and for their own advancement in the bureaucracies of colonialism.
		It was the superior technology of the steamship, the rail line, the gattling gun and quinine that allowed Europeans to prevail in their quest for empire.
		A north-south rail line was built to get the ore to the coast; but other minerals such as iron ore; bauxite and diamonds were also attractive to Europeans.
	carbon.cudenver.edu /~emendons/col.html (20519 words)

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