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CQD and SOS, the first transatlantic wireless signal, and the first wireless distress signals from sea.
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On December 28, 1908, at approximately 5:20am, Europe's most powerful earthquake shook southern Italy.
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The "Republic," owned by the British White Star Line, first began service in February of 1903.
Streamliners: America's Lost Trains |
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Iron is the main ingredient in various forms of iron and steel, but the various types of metals contain other elements as well.
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Mike Sarna is the curator of the Pioneer Zephyr exhibit, which displays a restored streamliner train at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
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When Streamliners premiered on PBS, producers asked visitors to share any memories they had of streamliner trains.
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John Stevens was appointed chief engineer of the Panama Canal Project in 1905 based on his accomplishments — some might call them feats — at James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway.
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The industrial design profession was born from the ashes of the Wall Street crash of 1929.
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Gliding through the Colorado Rockies, the "cruise ship on wheels" celebrated train travel, and was in turn celebrated in song by Hank Williams.
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It wasn't until the late 19th century that manufacturers learned how to mass produce metals inexpensively, and to forge a material as useful as stainless steel.
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Though the now-legendary Burlington Zephyr was in production, it was Averell Harrimann and the Union Pacific that gave America its first taste of streamline design.
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In 1887, Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, making the railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation.
