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Eleventh Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Railroads And Telegraphs To The Governor Of The State Of Ohio For The Year Ending June 30Th 1877

Eleventh Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Railroads And Telegraphs To The Governor Of The State Of Ohio For The Year Ending June 30Th 1877

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General ReferenceTechnology & EngineeringGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9354501141
ISBN13: 9789354501142
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 608
Weight: 3.06
Height: 1.23 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Steel rails, copper wires, and public duty collide in this Eleventh Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs to the Governor of the State of Ohio, covering the year ending 30 June 1877. Numbers tell their own story. Produced as a state government annual report, it brings you close to the decisions and data that shaped everyday travel, freight, and communication in the Ohio Gilded Age. More than a narrative, this railroad commissioner report is a working instrument of oversight: compiled returns, official observations, and railroad regulation statistics that reveal how companies were measured, compared, and pressed towards compliance. It also documents telegraph lines oversight at a moment when messages moved almost as fast as locomotives, making it a valuable strand in telegraph industry history. For readers drawn to nineteenth century transportation policy, the volume offers an unvarnished view of how a modern regulatory state learned to count mileage, investment, service, and risk, and how 1870s Ohio infrastructure connected towns to national markets. As one of the classic American railroad annual reports, it remains a dependable Ohio history reference for libraries, collectors, and railroad history researchers alike. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As a public domain reprint, it rewards the casual browser with vivid factual texture and gives the specialist a trustworthy direct primary source for citation and comparison.

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