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81The Katy Railroad or MKT Railroad
I've lived all my life within a very short distance of the MKT or Katy Railroad. It's been as much a part of my life as any other facet of my central Texas upbringing. I remember as a small girl, my dad...
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80The Crash at Crush-The Staged Train Wreck of 1896
The Two Locomotives Greet One Another Just recently, I was telling a few fellow hubbers about how much pride I take in showing people places they were unaware of even though they may have lived near them all...
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87Canada - Ship, Steam Train Daytrip - Vancouver to Squamish and back...
M.V. Britannia / Royal Hudson Sightseeing Excursion One of the five days my mother, niece and I spent in Vancouver, Canada while on our 15 day vacation, we decided to take the M.V. Britannia ship ride from...
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79JAMES WATT (Inventor Of The Steam Engine)
James Watt, Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer, renowned for his improvements of the steam engine was born on January 19, 1736, in Greenock, Scotland. The son of a ship's chandler, James had little...
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70Origins of Time, The Ancients, and Future Civilizations.
Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects. Time has been a major subject of...
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80Steampunk
Steam-power, brass clockworks, ironwork walking machines, and Victorian fashions all come together to create the wonderful genre known as Steampunk.
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65Trains
I can still hear that lonesome sound of the train's whistle when it was passing a crossing...if you listen very closely, you can hear the movement of the wheels and maybe get a hint of smoke from the steam...
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61How Internal Combustion Engine is Different From Steam Engine.
To convert Heat energy into Mechanical energy,Internal combustion Engine or Steam Engine are used.Both are heat engines,but both Engines form two different classes of Machines. They are different in many...
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82No Irish Need Apply A History of The Irish in America, Circa 1850
One of the great mysteries in my past will be that of my second great grandfather, Patrick Murphy. Lost, among the many Irish souls that came before me, he has remained. I think that he has become somewhat of...
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73MANLY BEACH
MANLY BEACH, PAST AND PRESENT This hub is about the great times you had as a child when the magic was in the air, when merry-go rounds and fun parlors were a way of life for every child growing up. These...
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