This inventor of a railroad sleeping car also designed a dining car in 1868
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George Pullman - Wikipedia  George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831  October 19, 1897) was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town, Pullman, for the workers who manufactured it. His Pullman Company also hired African-American men to staff the Pullman cars ... in 1868, he launched the Delmonico, the world's first sleeping car devoted to...
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Rail Cars - The Transcontinental Railroad  The first railroad passenger cars were built by carriage makers, as a result, they looked like ... railroads flourished, passengers reaped the rewards of improved car design. ... Though George W. Pullman did not invent the sleeping car, his name ... Dining cars, which came into fashion in the late 1860s, were expensive to both...
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The Pullman State Historic Site : The Pullman Company  In 1864, Pullman was also called to the draft, but like many young men with means, he hired a ... 1868 and Expansion of the Company ... He created his first hotel on wheels, the President, a sleeper with an attached kitchen and dining car. ... Pullman mostly handled marketing sleeping car services, while his brother Albert...
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Tasteful Inventions: George Mortimer Pullman  Mar 3, 2008 ... George Mortimer Pullman, inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, was ... The San Francisco Railroad History website has information about Pullman's invention and also ... In 1868, Pullman introduced a dining car, equipped with a kitchen. This was the first passenger car designed exclusively for cooking and...
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Sleeping car - Wikipedia  The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lit) is a railway passenger car that can accommodate .... Chinese trains also offer "soft" or deluxe sleeping cars with four or two beds per room. ... Using rolling stock designed and formerly operated by British Rail, these services offer a choice of single- or double-occupancy bedrooms...
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J! Archive - Show #2921, aired 1997-04-21  Innovative chef Nancy Silverton can bake not only a pie, but a bread using ... A 1-horse carriage on springs, or a device that may spring a surprise on a mouse...
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Old Mayo Clinic rail car in need of rehabilitation | | postbulletin.com  May 13, 1995 ... It is one of two identical hospital cars manufactured by the Pullman Co. especially for the Chicago and North Western Railway, which ... The service was key to the expansion of Mayo's patient-service area in its ... The museum acquired the remaining car -- which had been named The Joseph Lister by the...
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George Pullman - Wikipedia  He developed a railroad sleeping car, the Pullman sleeper or "palace car. ... In 1867 Pullman introduced his first "hotel on wheels," the ... A year later in 1868, he launched the Delmonico, the world's first ... position became considered prestigious, and Pullman...
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History of the automobile - Wikipedia  The early history of the automobile can be divided into a number of eras, based on the ... This is also considered to be the first "production" vehicle as Benz made ... His application included not only the engine but its use in a 4-wheeled car. ... was a steam-powered vehicle invented in 1871, by Dr. J.W. Carhart, a minister of...
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Pullman Co., George M. Pullman, Chicago, Pullman's Palace Car ...  Rather they pay homage to the Pullman railroad car by using the term to describe the ... The York Motor Car Company of York, Pennsylvania manufactured a ... reflect the same kind of quality and luxury offered by the rail car manufacturer, which ...... by angry employees, Pullman had made special provisions for his burial in...
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Inventor George Westinghouse Biography - The Great Idea Finder  The first air brake invented by George Westinghouse in 1869 revolutionized the railroad industry, making braking a safer ... 1881 started a company to build elecrical signal controls for the railroads .... You can be sure...if its Westinghouse.
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Jeopary Questions page 318 - SKUNKS - TriviaBistro.com  TRAVEL & TOURISM: You can spend the night in a Victorian style railroad car at ... MEDICINE: For an upper GI you drink this; for a lower GI... well, we won't talk...
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J! Archive - Show #1164, aired 1989-09-28  In Manhattan, most of these outdoor train lines have been torn down to eliminate noise & ... The 1st type of this railroad car was the "Delmonico" built by Pullman in 1868 .... A Yankee broadcaster for 18 yrs., this former Cardinal player became...
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George M. Pullman | American industrialist and inventor | Britannica ...  American industrialist and inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, a luxurious ... He himself frequently used railroads in pursuit of business but did not enjoy the experience. ... Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad to allow him to convert two of its cars. ... was the town he constructed for his workers, which he called Pullman.
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HISTORY  Bull Moose Bar & Grille  It was a special new design for rail dining cars and thus was featured at the Columbian ... that it was commissioned by the United States to serve our 26th president, ... Many people have now hung their hats on the original brass hooks that once ... and dining room into the incredible structure that you are able to enjoy today.
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Pullmans Palace Car Co. - Page 2 - Mid-Continent Railway Museum  In 1868, his first dining car the Delmonico made its debut, built at a cost of $20,000 ... Flower and Mann all became parts of the Pullmans Palace Car Company.
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March 5, 1872: Westinghouse Gives Railroads a Brake | WIRED  Mar 5, 2012 ... Prolific inventor George Westinghouse Jr. designs a safe and ... Go to Wired Home Page. ... Before the air brake, railroad engineers would stop trains by cutting power, ... The system went into use in 1872 on the Pennsylvania Railroad. ... track, a rotary steam engine and devices for transporting natural gas.
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George Westinghouse - Wikipedia  George Westinghouse, Jr. (October 6, 1846  March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and ... The same conceptual design of fail-safe air brake is also found on heavy trucks. Westinghouse pursued many improvements in railway signals (which then used oil lamps).
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The American Automobile 1861-1929 Chapter 2  Steam cars were put into production in 1898 with the Stanley Brother's ... Nat Butler on the Charles River cycle track, June 1st, 1896, at the age of 72; his ... fitted with something over 300 half-inch copper tubes, each 13 in. long, very thin No. .... Motor-Wagon Company, of Boston, from which these illustrations were taken, was...
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Andrew Smith Hallidie - Wikipedia  Andrew Smith Hallidie (March 16, 1836  April 24, 1900) was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco, USA. This was the world's first practical cable car system, and Hallidie is often therefore regarded as the inventor of the cable car and father of the present day San Francisco ... These proved disappointing, and the father returned to England in 1853.
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Free Flashcards about AMERICANA - StudyStack  IN THE 19TH-C. ENTERPRISING AMERICANS FIRST ADDED SLEEPING AND DINING CARS TO THESE, TRAINS ... IN THE DEAL OF THE 19TH-C. CENTURY, THE U.S. MADE THIS $15 MILLION PURCHASE AND DOUBLED THE SIZE OF...