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Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit
Explore an MDT refrigerator railcar at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum and become aware of the importance of this technological innovation. Witness how the refrigerator railcar prov…
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Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit
Travel back in time to Despatch, NY, currently known as East Rochester, NY, and discover how the refrigerator railcar aided in the development and growth of an entire village. When Merchants Despat…
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Patent, by African American inventor Alexander Miles, for new and useful improvements in elevators. The patent relates to mechanisms for closing the openings to the shafts of passenger and freight ele…
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Article that highlights the history and development of the electric elevator. Visit Source Download PDF…
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Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit
A photo of 3 men loading strawberries into a refrigerated car and a photo of 2 men "icing" a refrigerated car, both courtesy of the Library of Congress. Download PDF Visit Source 1 Visit Sour…
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Some technology is so woven into our lives that we barely notice it. We go about our daily routines without giving it a thought, yet, were it not for these advancements, our routines would be very dif…
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Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit
Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit Download PDF Testing Insulation for Refrigerated Rail Cars Prompt for the students: Joel Tiffany has just hired your team to engineer his first Tiffany Refri…
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Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit
Tropicana refrigerated boxcar in the collection of the Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida. Attribution:Â Harvey Henkelman Visit Source Download PDF…
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Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit
An illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railroad cars, their parts, attachments, and details of construction with definitions and illustrations of typical British practice in car c…
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Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit
Men unload baskets of spinach from a farm truck and load them into a refrigerator car. Visit Source Download PDF…
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