History of Transportation
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| 100 Years of Aviation |
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| Includes photographs, international and Canadian timelines, an aviation disaster timeline, Wright brothers information and timeline, a wire story written by Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903. From the Canadian Broadcasting Company. |
Reviewed by netlibrarian
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| 100 Years of Flight |
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| A look back at the inspirational people, daring moments, revolutionary planes, and airline fashion. |
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| America on the Move |
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| Features an illustrated and annotated timeline, an online transportation
collection including artifacts and photographs, and a thematic tour of the collection. From the Smithsonian. |
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| Around the World in the 1890s |
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| Images by American photographer William Henry Jackson. Jackson, along with a railroad publicist, railroad engineer, and graphic designer, documenting types of transportation around the globe from 1894-1896. |
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| Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms |
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| Provides images and information about historical sites related to aviation history. Includes interactive map, essays, related links, and travel information. |
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| B&O Railroad Museum |
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| Contains a history of railroading in the United States and images of the diesel locomotives. |
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| Chasing the Sun |
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| Companion to PBS series. Features photos and essays about aviation history, aviation timeline, profiles of planes, companies and manufacturers. |
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| Electric Vehicle History Online Archive |
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| A study of the history of electric vehicles and their development. Includes stories of drivers and owners, articles, photos, notes on gatherings, policy documents, and links to organizations. |
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| Flight-History.com |
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| Aviation history, before the era of jet planes. Includes stories, photos, and plane details. Links to avaition museums. |
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| Lindbergh |
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| Companion to PBS program. Provides program transcripts, biographical material and images, timeline of aviation milestones, teacher's guide, information about Lindbergh's plane (The Spirit of St. Louis). |
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| Northern Pacific Railway |
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| Describes the history of the NP in the Auburn, Grays Harbor, Tacoma, and Stampede Pass areas of Washington State, as well as Fargo, North Dakota, and the Rocky Mountains. |
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| Ol' Hook & Eye |
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| History of the Kishacoquillas Valley Railroad, in central Pennsylvania. Brief history, route, roster, and books. |
Reviewed by hbird64
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| Re-Living the Wright Way |
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| Wright Brothers' invention process with links to lesson plans, simulations, videos, and activities. Features an overview of the Wright Brothers' discoveries, biographies, contemporary photo gallery, and information about aerodynamics. |
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| San Francisco Cable Car Museum |
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| History and operation of cable cars. Includes virtual tour, a full roster of current San Francisco cable cars and a detailed explanation of how a cable car works. |
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| Solo Flights around the World |
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| Focuses on stories of pilots who flew alone around the world before the introduction of the GPS. Includes a chronological list of flights, details about selected flights, statistics. |
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| Steamboats.com |
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| Includes steamboat photos, links and other resources. Annotated list of links. |
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| Transcontinental Railroad |
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| From the PBS film. Contains interviews, interactive map, articles, gallery, timeline, people and events, teachers' guide. |
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| Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers |
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| Digital collection of items related to the Wright brothers, including correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drawings, glass-plate photographic negatives, timeline and family tree. |
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| Wright Brothers' Flying Machine |
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| Companion site to a NOVA PBS program. Includes a description of the first media coverage of the historic flight and an interview with the senior curator of the National Air and Space Museum. |
Reviewed by netlibrarian
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| A Daring Flight |
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| Documentation about the first flight across the English Channel by Louis Bleriot in 1909. |
Reviewed by hbird64
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| Dream of Flight |
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| Exhibit from the US Library of Congress commemorating the "centennial of flight." Includes a timeline. |
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| H-1 Flies Again! |
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| Provides details of the design process and a thorough background on the historical significance of the Hughes H-1 airplane. Includes audio clips of
Howard Hughes, the creator of the original 1935 H-1. |
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| Reading Railroad Online |
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| Facts about and pictures of things related to the Reading Railroad. Includes images of historic boxcars, hoppers, flatcars, gondolas, nonrevenue equipment, cabooses, locomotives and train stations. |
Reviewed by netlibrarian
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| Wright Brothers in Photographs |
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| Digital images from Wright State University Libraries’ Wright Brothers Collection of the Wrights’ early inventive period documenting their experimental gliders and flight testing in both North Carolina and Ohio. |
Reviewed by netlibrarian
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