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Atlantic The Well Beloved Engine by R.A.S. Hennessey Soft cover
Atlantic The Well Beloved Engine by R.A.S. Hennessey
Atlantic
The Well Beloved Engine
R.A.S. Hennessey
Soft Cover
192 Pages
Copyright 2002
Contents
Introduction6
1The Essential Atlantic8
2On the Eve22
3The Gilded Age32
4Atlantic Zenith and After41
5Atlanticitis and the Search for a Cure51
6Atlantic Afternoon61
7Renaissance & Fading Away69
8Stopping for Water80
9The Unexpected91
10Some Atlantic People99
11Atlantics & Aesthetics: the Atlantic as Art109
12Atlantics & Aesthetics: Interpretations118
13Classes, Standards, Economics128
14The Atlantic in the Americas135
15The British Atlantics145
16The Atlantic in Three Continents158
17The Atlantic in History171
Bibliography177
Appendices179
Glossary186
Index188
On the Back of the book
A symbol of the vanished world of Edward VII or ..Theodore Roosevelt: an Atlantic going full-blast at the head of 'varnish' bound for Chicago, Edinburgh or Paris. Created in an era of lively technological development, the Atlantic steam locomotive quickly became the most prestigious and popular of the new engines capable of generating plenty of steam and crowding on horsepower as never before. In its great years (1900-1910) it hauled swift luxury trains, and also crack expresses which gave multitudes of people their first taste of high-speed travel.
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