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Cape Horn C.P.R.R

The Central Pacific Railroad

  • Cape Horn Myth

  • Nitroglycerine Myths on the Central Pacific

  • Tunnels of the Pacific Railroad by John Gilliss, 1870

  • Theodore Judah and the Dutch Flat Route

  • Theodore Judah and the Blazing of the First Transcontinental Railroad Over the Sierra Nevada

  • Theodore Judah Timeline from 1854 to 1864

  • Nitro-Glycerine - Its Manufacture and Use, by Stephen Chester, Civil Engineer, American Society of Civil Engineering, Transactions, June 2, 1869

  • Irrigation and River Control in the Colorado River Delta, By H.T. Cory, M.ASCE - January 8, 1913

  • The Railroad Ferry Steamer "SOLANO", by Robert L. Harris, M. ASCE - ASCE Transactions April 1890

  • On Igniting Blasts By Means of Electricity, by Julius H. Striedinger, C.E., Member of the Society - Transactions January, 1878

  • An Engineering Century In California, by Walter L. Huber, President, ASCE - Transactions March 4, 1953

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