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Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway Logan Olfert History 30 Mr. Alexander December 1st Olfert 1 The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway started with a dream by the first Prime Minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald. This railway would connect the vast areas of Canada and help transport people from the East and West. Building this railway would also be a great hand in moving new immigrants from the East coast to the West. After getting re-elected in 1872, Macdonald and…

Industrialism contributed to the growth of cities and railroads across the nation. One of the most important developments was the revolutionizing of iron and steel. The steel industry emerged around western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio due to the fact that coal, which is used to fuel the furnaces, and iron, which is made into steel using a variety of methods, were found in abundance in that area. Pittsburg, P.A. became one of the centers of the steel world. New Jersey ironmaster Abram S.…

The argument between diesels and gas has gone on for years. Diesel, which is being used in almost every industry from agricultural to moving goods down highways and railroads. Diesel tends to get better gas mileage and has better output for horsepower and torque. While, gets slightly lower gas mileage but the retail cost of gas is cheaper. Critics of diesel claim that diesel should not be used, because in early diesel engines emitted large amounts of nitrogen oxide. Since the EPA (environmental…

present times til this very day ,the mining of coal has been a dangerous but much needed job to have in the United States. Without coal , a lot of things wouldn't be possible because coal is the main reason something works. Thus in order to get the coal , miners have to dig for it and extract it from the ground. The workers have to use big machines to dig through the layers of topsoil and overburden to the layer of topsoil. When they've gotten down to the coal,and are done working on that…

The world's common assets are being expended at a disturbing rate. As these assets reduce , individuals will be looking for option sources by which to produce power for warmth and light . The main handy short term answer for the vitality emergency is atomic force. The world's regular assets are being expended at a disturbing rate. As these assets reduce , individuals will be looking for option sources by which to produce power for warmth and light . The main pragmatic short term answer for the…

rock at high pressure which allows the gas to flow out to the head of the well. Mountaintop removal mining (MTR), also known as mountaintop mining (MTM), is a form of surface mining that involves the mining of the summit or summit ridge of a mountain. Coal seams are extracted from a mountain by moving the land, or overburden, above the seams. Both of these jobs are injecting our earth with harmful and deadly…

I have chosen to put a candle inside of the shoebox to represent the main character in the book, John, or Number Four. In the story John Smith has is immune to fire on the exterior of his body, but not the inside of his body. John Smith is able to control and create light, and because of that, he is also able to control fire. This power of Johns doesn't just allow him to control fire, but also energy itself making John's power limitless. There is a thermometer in the shoebox because the…

Historically, coal became the key energy resource supplied for Britain instead of wood at that time due to the vast rise in demand of the energy use for both household and industrial heating, and machinery. Although, Britain had the abundance of coal, the amount of coal produced could not distinguish Britain from others because other European countries such as Belgium and Germany also had a lot of it as well. The difference was that Britain eclipsed other nations by her geography. The fact that…

Oil drilling in environmentally sensitive areas is a very controversial topic. Oil is very important and we depend on oil for many daily uses. Although we have developed other alternative sources of oil, such as solar power, solar power only operates when receiving power from the sun. People depend on oil even with the use of solar power. The use of oil has been the number one source of energy since the early 1900’s. People generally do not realize how much they truly depend on oil. Without the…

Some people may think the Titanic should be brought up to the surface. I believe the Titanic shouldn't be brought up. It's already falling apart, if we tried to bring it up it would most likely get destroyed in the process. It's basically a gravesite for over 1,000 people, so moving it would be like digging up a grave. Plus, it would cost thousands, perhaps millions to bring it up. I don't believe it should be brought up, because it will most likely break in the process. If it starts…