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An Engineer Writes on Railroad Construction Standards in 1842

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Homer B. Vanderblue
Homer B. Vanderblue
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Harvard University
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Extract

George Washington Whistler, the father of the artist, ended his civil engineering career as consultant to the Russian Czar after a life of distinguished service in the planning and construction of pioneer American railroads, including the Baltimore & Ohio and the present Boston & Albany.

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Business History Review , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1939 , pp. 6 - 11
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1939

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