Bradford & Foster Brook Peg Leg Railroad by Lawrence W. Kilmer SC 1974
Bradford & Foster Brook Peg Leg Railroad by Lawrence W. Kilmer SC 1974
Bradford & Foster Brook Peg Leg Railroad by Lawrence W. Kilmer SC 1974

Bradford & Foster Brook Peg Leg Railroad by Lawrence W. Kilmer SC 1974

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Bradford & Foster Brook Peg Leg Railroad by Lawrence W. Kilmer SC 1974
 
Bradford & Foster Brook Peg Leg Railroad by Lawrence W. Kilmer Soft Cover  1974  206 Pages
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Since the very beginning of time. there were many methods of transportation in use. According to the Holy Scriptures, one of these forms of travel was the Chariots that moved among the heavens and the earth. The scientists of today are learning the many secrets of the ancient races and in years ahead will unveil a form of transportation that will be comparatively simple to our bulky transportation standards of today.
As man lived in the earliest years, man, himself, was transporter of personal possessions; and as centuries passed, animals were domesticated for the task of lightening the work load of the individuals. As time progressed, so did the transportation methods. It was close to the time of the Roman Empire days that the first soundly constructed wheels for carrying goods were invented. They were solid wooden wheels with metal tires. They were mounted on wagon-like structures for hauling heavy loads. The first real utilization of this method were the two wheels placed under their Chariots and War Wagons. When freight hauling came into being at about the same time, four wheeled wagons were built. This type of transportation was used by the Assyrians, Greeks and Romans over two thousand years ago. The wheels on heavy vehicles moved more easily and smoother on a roadway that was built with stone slabs which were assembled in rows for miles.
These roads were built especially for freight hauling and were constructed with grooves in the surface of the road for guiding the wheels. The distance between their wheels was 4%81/2", thus setting a standard gauge for our train wheels two thousand years later. This standard gauge was adopted by America in 1886.
It never has been proved where the responsibility lies for the invention of railroad-like transportation. In the 1700's England employed men and animal power to haul coal from mines on rails of iron. Steam power in the early 1800's pulled greater loads with more speed. As the cost of equipment went up there were those who thought they could do the job more economically, thus the monorail was conceived.
It was early in 1821 that a monorail was installed and used at the London Docks for the purpose of moving freight. As the cargo was unloaded from ships, freight and/or goods were loaded on to the monorail carriers and distributed along the dock to the various stalls. These carriers were pulled by animal power.

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