House by the Railroad is a 1925 oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist Edward Hopper. The house that is said to have inspired the painting is a...
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of safe houses operated by agents generally known as the Underground Railroad began to organize in the 1780s among Abolitionist Societies in the North....
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exterior end chimney at the rear of the wing. It was built by the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad for the depot agent. The house was moved to its present...
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The William Aiken House and Associated Railroad Structures make up a National Historic Landmark District in Charleston, South Carolina, that contains...
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Fred Harvey Company (redirect from Harvey House Railroad Depot)
The Fred Harvey Company was the owner of the Harvey House chain of restaurants, hotels and other hospitality industry businesses alongside railroads in...
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The Alaska Railroad (reporting mark ARR) is a Class II railroad that operates freight and passenger trains in the state of Alaska. The railroad's mainline...
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Haunted attraction (simulated) (redirect from Haunted house attractions)
the 1925 painting House by the Railroad by Edward Hopper. A haunted trail or haunted forest is a type of attraction that takes place outside in the woods...
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Elizabeth Ames Jones (category Members of the Railroad Commission of Texas)
October 29, 1956) is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Railroad Commission, the regulatory body over petroleum and natural...
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The Keys to the White House, also known as the 13 keys, is a pseudoscientific prediction system for determining the outcome of presidential elections...
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The Carolwood Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a 7+1⁄4-inch (184 mm) gauge ridable miniature railroad run by Walt Disney in the backyard of his home in the...
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A railroad apartment or railroad flat, sometimes referred to as a floor-through apartment, is an apartment with a series of rooms connecting to each other...
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their house was a tunnel that was accessed by a trap door. They took people on late-night trips to neighboring towns on the Underground Railroad. New Castle...
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The Belt Railroad Engine House and Sandhouse, also known as Beltline Railroad Roundhouse and Sandhouse, in San Francisco, California, was listed on the...
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ACT to establish the gauge of the Pacific railroad and its branches. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of...
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The 2022 United States railroad labor dispute was a labor dispute between freight railroads and workers in the United States. Rail companies and unions...
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Ocean Beach, San Francisco (redirect from Park and Cliff House Railroad)
and to the Ocean Beach Pavilion for concerts and dancing. By 1890, trolley lines reached Ocean Beach: the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, Park & Ocean...
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Amtrak (redirect from The National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (/ˈæmtræk/; reporting marks AMTK, AMTZ), is the national passenger railroad company...
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The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company was a railroad in South Carolina that operated independently from 1830 to 1844. One of the first railroads...
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transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built...
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The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY) is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51...
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The Barstow Harvey House, also known as Harvey House Railroad Depot and Barstow station, is a historic building in Barstow, California. Originally built...
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Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad (H&BTM) (reporting mark HBTM) is a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service...
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Ohio Railroad, chartered in 1827, was the nation's first common-carrier railroad. By 1850, an extensive railroad network had taken shape in the rapidly...
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The Southern Pacific Railroad Section Superintendent House located in Folsom, California is a historic company housing building built by the Southern Pacific...
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This is a list of the earliest railroads in North America, including various railroad-like precursors to the general modern form of a company or government...
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The Underground Railroad is an American historical drama limited television series created and directed by Barry Jenkins based on the 2016 novel of the...
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the 1870s to the 1890s. The show is a full-colour version of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s series of Little House books. The regular series was preceded by the...
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Stewartstown Engine House, Stewartstown Railroad is a historic railroad engine house located at Stewartstown, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about...
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The Underground Railroad is a historical fiction novel by American author Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday in 2016. The alternate history novel...
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"The Big Four" was the name popularly given to the famous and influential businessmen, and railroad tycoons — also called robber barons — who funded the...
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