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Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway /
- Title
- Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway / John Schmale and Kristina Schmale.
- Author
- Schmale, John.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2009]
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TF25.P48 S36 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Schmale, Kristina.
- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- With a schedule regulated by the tides and the needs of chickens, the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway operated for 81 years as a delightfully quirky egg-hauling enterprise. Modern electric railroad technology paired with ancient low-tech steamboats made possible the overnight shipping of fresh produce to a voracious San Francisco market. The railroad helped Petaluma earn the moniker "the egg basket of the world." Incorporated in 1903, the railroad provided efficient train service to this fertile farm region. The famous botanist Luther Burbank located his experimental farm near Sebastopol and proclaimed it is nature's "chosen spot of all the earth." The railroad survived the devastating 1906 earthquake, opposition from three larger railroads, the Great Depression, and fierce auto-truck competition. The corporation was, mercifully, abandoned in 1984, and most of the rails were removed by 1988. Happily, recent plans call for a tourist trolley to operate over a portion of surviving Petaluma tracks.
- Series Statement
- Images of rail
- Uniform Title
- Images of rail.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- ISBN
- 0738559598
- 9780738559599
- LCCN
- 2008928800
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library