I am the chief curator here at the b endo railroad museum, the baltimore and ohio. This is one of the premier Railroad Museums in the United States. Its also the birthplace of american railroading. Railroading began in 1827. The b and all was in Continuous Operation until 1986 and is a legacy now. Its track is basically formed with csx today. The museum is 40 acres and five buildings. The roundhouse is the jewel. Inside around house are some of the most significant pieces in our collection. We have a Rolling Stock locomotive collection of approximately 180 pieces. The roundhouse is filled with some of the most unique, worldclass, oneofakind locomotives you are ever going to find anywhere. A railroading began in the United States in maryland, the baltimore and ohio was the first common carrier, the first to carry passengers and freight on a regular schedule. The baltimore and ohio was basically formed because of the canal craze in the 1820s. The success of the erie canal lead people in
Premier Railroad Museums in the United States. And also the birthplace of american railroading. Railroading began in 1827. The b o was in Continuous Operation until 1986 and is a legacy now. The museum is 40 acres and five buildings. The 1884 roundhouse is the jewel. Inside the round house are some of the most significant pieces in our collection. We have a Rolling Stock locomotive collection of approximately 180 pieces. The roundhouse is filled with some of the most unique, worldclass, oneofakind locomotives you are ever going to find anywhere. Railroading began in the United States in maryland, the baltimore and ohio was the first common carrier, the first to carry passengers and freight on a regular schedule. The baltimore and ohio was basically formed because of the canal craze in the 1820s. The success of the erie canal lead people in washington to propose the idea of the chesapeake and ohio canal, which would leave baltimore out of the loop. A bunch of businesses were very famili
My name is Michael Quinn and as the president and head of this museum, it is my pleasure to welcome you for a fascinating insight into part of the american revolution. One of the things we pride ourselves here at this museum is telling the stories of the revolution that you do not always know, bringing the life bringing to life the people from all walks of life who took part in the revolution, who took the ideas of the revolution to heart and launched a series of revolutions that has created the american nation. Today, it is my great pleasure to be introducing a noted scholar, historian, political activist, Robert Watson from Lynn University who will be talking about the ghost ship of brooklyn. I am holding the book in my hand. We have had a lot of online orders for this book. He will be signing books after and we still have a few left in our gift shop, if you want to take it home. This is how history should be written. It makes it a story of real people, drama, and excitement. I stron
This weekend on the presidency, author sen. Warren bingham discusses his new book, George Washingtons 1791 southern tour. It was nearly 1900 miles and it took nearly three. 5 months. Three and a half months. The capital was in philadelphia, and washington held district to the west because he knew it was , and alsohallenging because they were the most reluctant to join the union. They didnt really want to commit to the union, or the confederacy. Northolina and carolina has a history of wanting to be off to themselves. We had the shadow of virginia and South Carolina surrounding us, and those states poked fun at us. We were slow to move. We were not a united state in north carolina. We were slow to join the union, but we signed the constitution in november 1789, and were then cleared by washington to come see the southern states. Carolinas,ginia, the and georgia. Program hereentire on American History tv, only on sees and three. Cspan3. Coming up next on American History tv, rush loving,
United states bicentennial. People who were working here thought, the new york city subway is one of our countrys great engineering achievements, so lets put it into some sort of exhibit that people can enjoy in the year of the bicentennial. So this station that were standing in been mothballed, wasnt being used. Cars had been squirreled away in a few yards. Turnstiles were squirreled away in a few places. And so the people that worked here were able to organize bringing all of these cars into this station, and opened the facility as an exhibit called the new York City Transit exhibit. It was only supposed to stay open from 4th of july until labor day of that year, 1976. But weve never closed. So it was obviously very popular, and weve grown it from then until now, into really a worldclass museum that is very much about new york citys infrastructure and the history of its development as a worldclass city. As you walk down the steps from our entrance, you find yourself in a 1936 decommi