Sentences with phrase «turn of the century railroad»

Appointed with custom - made furniture, woven textiles, frontier antiques and lavish linens, our Granite Lodge rooms find design inspiration in iconic western themes, such as the great turn of the century railroad hotels and the classic guns that helped win the West.

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This migratory flow had increased dramatically around the turn of the century, with the construction of the transcontinental railroads and the All - American Canal.

Technologic developments of the early and mid 19th century — such as the steam engine, mechanical reaper, and railroads — allowed for increased grain harvests and efficient transport of both grain and cattle, which in turn spawned the practice of feeding grain (corn primarily) to cattle sequestered in feedlots (66).

Building railroads at the turn of the century would not, in my mind, represent unreasonable progress, and railroal ties do come from trees which grow in the forests.

Here's a brief summary: At the turn of the 20th century, the U.S. economy was dramatically changing as a result of a new technology: nationwide railroading.

But on the inside, the vans may be as lavishly decorated as the private railroad cars owned by turn - of - the - century industrialists.»

This law was enacted due to the high number of railroad employees that were killed on the job around the turn of the century.

During the turn of the 20th century, several railroads, like Huntington's Pacific Electric Railway, brought people and businesses from Los Angeles & Pasadena into El Sereno.