CINCINNATI Having objects of great significance from events that still resonate around the world, the American History sale at Cowan's Auctions on June 10 offers an intriguing .
FreightWaves Classics: Railroads helped the U.S. expand and increased interstate commerce
America s first common carriers are still relevant A Union Pacific train heads to its next destination. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Early beginnings
Railroads were first developed in Great Britain. The first railroads were horse-drawn wagons running on wooden and then iron tracks, or rails…
Wooden railroads were also built in the American colonies and were built exclusively to transport freight. Termed “wagonways,” the earliest were begun in the 1720s. In addition to the British and colonists using wagonways in North America, the French used a wagonway to haul construction materials to their fortress at Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in New France (now Canada) in 1720.
The photo was taken by Vladimir Jochelson.
12. A South Vietnamese woman crying over a plastic bag containing the remains of her husband.
He was found in a mass grave of non-combatants murdered by Vietcong forces during the Tet Offensive, Vietnam, April 1969. The photo was taken by Larry Barrows.
13. An aerial view from British Airship R.9 showing ships of the British Royal Navy in the anchor, Firth of Forth, Scotland, 1916.
14. British Spy in Damascus, 1918.
15. A Jewish mother (Center) begs a British Medic (right) to take her two sons to the hospital immediately, Bergen Belsen, April 1945.
British Medical Posts were overwhelmed by the sheer number of sick so were forced to adopt a systematic evacuation programme. Note the Medic’s protective clothing.