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  1856 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
July 17 - The Great Train Wreck of 1856 was the worst railroad calamity in the world to date, occurring near Philadelphia, PA, USA.
November 4 - U.S. presidential election, 1856: Democrat James Buchanan defeats former President Millard Fillmore, representing a coalition of "Know-Nothings" and Whigs, and John C. Frémont of the fledgling Republican Party to become the 15th President of the United States.
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 SIDE - Online Information article about SIDE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
rail rope by an endless hauling rope at an average speed of 4 to 6 m.
Telpherage.—A telpher ropeway or cableway may be defined as a ropeway or cableway worked and controlled electrically, only a rail rope being required besides the live rail or wire from which the electric current is taken.
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.
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 Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum Education
Railroads needed better engineering of bridges and roadbeds, stronger rails, better methods for communicating, improved ways to control trains, and safer brakes and couplers.hese last two were especially important to railroad safety and are good examples of how long it took to get a good idea to be used.
The distance between the rails is known as the gauge of the track.
The rails are held to the ties by large spikes which also keep the track in gauge.
www.berkshirescenicrailroad.com /education.php   (7600 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1856   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport
The whole island was broken up into several smaller islands by the storm.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /1856   (791 words)

  
 Top20Lincoln.com - Your Top20Guide to Lincoln, NE.
Lincoln started out as the village of Lancaster, which was founded in 1856, and became the county seat of the newly-created Lancaster County in 1859.
Lincoln's nickname is the "Star City" (from the use of a star to mark state capitals on road maps); a logo formerly used by the city's convention and visitors bureau consists of a star comprised of 5 Ls.
The community now known as Lincoln was originally founded as Lancaster in 1856; in 1867, Lancaster was renamed Lincoln.
top20lincoln.com   (2025 words)

  
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(2005 est.): engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals.
(2005 est.): engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco.
2,400 km; note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail (2004).
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