| Moving Washington Timeline: The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation, 1905-2005 Contributor(s): Crowley, Walt (Author), Oldham, Kit (Author), Historylink, Staff Of (Author) |
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ISBN: 0295985615 ISBN-13: 9780295985619 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2005 Annotation: Moving Washington Timeline The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation, 1905-2005 Walt Crowley, Kit Oldham, and the HistoryLink Staff From wagon trails to interstate highways, this book retraces how the leaders and employees of the Washington State Department of Transportation and their predecessors helped to shape Washington's transportation system during a century of technological revolution and dramatic transformation of its communities and landscapes. Washington's transportation system includes one of the nation's finest road networks, an internationally renowned ferry system, passenger and freight rail, statewide airports, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and a myriad of other programs. Walt Crowley is the author of more than a dozen books on Northwest history and is director of HistoryLink.org, the free, nonprofit encyclopedia of state and local history in Washington. Kit Oldham is a staff historian for HistoryLink and a lawyer. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: 388.097 |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.52" W x 8.52" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From wagon trails to interstate highways, this book retraces how the leaders and employees of the Washington State Department of Transportation and their predecessors helped to shape Washington's transportation system during a century of technological revolution and dramatic transformation of its communities and landscapes. Washington's transportation system includes one of the nation's finest road networks, an internationally renowned ferry system, passenger and freight rail, statewide airports, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and a myriad of other programs. |