People in the book:
Charles J. Arthur, Isaac Warner Arthur, Rebecca J. Arthur, Florence Baldwin, Matthias W. Baldwin, Samuel A. Black, Alexander J. Cassatt, Jacob Castner, John Collins, Henry H. Collins, Rowland Ellis, Allen Evans, Frank Furness, Haydock Garrigues, Addison Hutton, Abraham Lincoln, John M. Lindsay, Samuel Lindsay, H. Gates LLoyd, Ann Martin, William Norris, Richard Norris, Edward L. Powers, Albert G. Preston, John A. Roebling, Isaac Sharpless, Fred Sterry, Leland Sterry, John Stevens, Edward Y. Townsend, John W. Townsend, William H. Wilson, and others.
For railroad enthusiasts:
The Main Line by Rail reveals the struggles the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania endured as it sought to create a more efficient transportation route between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The book further describes the evolution of the following railroads: Philadelphia and Columbia, West Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania Railroad, explaining how each played a significant role in the development of the Philadelphia Main Line area. Readers will also learn about the beginning of the Paoli Local, Locomotives on the Line, the importance of the Jervis 4.2.0 configuration, the elimination of the Whitehall Curve, the Schuylkill incline plane (Belmont inclined plane) and the development of a train that was able to travel up inclines entirely on its own power are some of the many events covered in the book.
Historical information:
Bryn Mawr Hotel (first and second), Haverford College, Preston Reading Room. Bryn Mawr Polo Club, Edward L. Powers Saddlery, Haverford Friends Meetinghouse and restoration, Columbia bridge, Keystone Hotel Company, Haverford College Pond, White Hall Hotel and its owners, Bryn Mawr Horse Show, Main Line of Public Works, Preston Field, Bryn Mawr Train Station, Whitehall CurveTrack Relocation, Bryn Mawr Polo Field, Preston Drainage Company, Baldwin School, Meetinghouse path, Railroad Avenue footbridge, Bryn Mawr Hardware, Humphrey the white horse, Preston Public School, Haverford Train Station, Bryn Mawr Hotel Company, Preston Field and park renovation, and the Schuylkill River Bridge.
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Main Line by Rail is filled with fun and intriguing stories about the history of the Main Line area including, the Bryn Mawr Hotel, the hotel’s nine-hole golf course, the tragic fires that occured, Abraham Lincoln's passing through the area, the annual horse show, the Baldwin School and the origin of its spectacular weeping cherry trees, Roebling’s invention of the steel cable, the White Hall Hotel and the men that owned it, Haverford College, the Preston community, plus much more.
For railroad enthusiasts, this hardcover book takes readers back in time when building railroads was a necessary evil. Learn how the creation and transformation of three railroads eventually laid the foundation for one of Philadelphia's most affluent suburbs - an area that people later referred to as the Main Line.
The book is heavily researched and its chapters presented in chronological order.
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