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The Pacific Railroad Surveys (1853–1855) were a series of explorations of the American West designed to find and document possible routes for a transcontinental railroad across North America. The expeditions included surveyors, scientists, and artists and resulted in an immense body of data covering at least 400,000 square miles (1,000,000 km ...
During his third expedition, Fremont detached Lieutenants James W. Abert and William G. Peck [8] [9] in August 1845, at Bent's Fort on the Arkansas River to survey Purgatory Creek and the Canadian and False Washita Rivers. [10] Boundary survey of the Canada–US border (1844–46) led by William H. Emory.
After the Mexican-American War, Beckwith was appointed to explore the new territory that was annexed to the United States. In 1853, during the Gunnison-Beckwith Expedition, Beckwith was assistant commander to John Williams Gunnison. The purpose of that expedition was to survey another railroad route in the Rocky Mountains. [1]
The Southeastern Railway Museum (initialized SRM, AAR code SMRX) is a railroad museum located in Duluth, Georgia, in suburban Atlanta. The museum was founded in 1970 by the Atlanta Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. There are over 90 pieces of rolling stock exhibited on the 30-acre (12 ha) site.
The expedition lasted for nine months and traveled 1,800 miles (2,900 km). [1] The expedition was one of several surveys approved in 1853-4, when funding was added to the War Department budget. This allowed Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to send out surveying expeditions to explore potential transcontinental railroad routes across the United ...
The statue was spotted in photos taken during a 1986 expedition, "but a tradition of secrecy around the Titanic wreck ensured her location would remain unknown," RMS Titanic Inc. said.
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These wonders are just an initial snapshot of fantastic creatures discovered 16,400 feet (5,000 meters) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean in a pristine area that’s earmarked as a site for ...