Post Roads & Iron Horses: Transportation in Connecticut from Colonial Times to the Age of Steam

The fascinating history of turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads, and trolleys in Connecticut

Post Roads & Iron Horses is the first book to look in detail at the turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads, and trolleys (street railroads) that helped define Connecticut and shape New England. Advances in transportation technology during the nineteenth century transformed the Constitution State from a rough network of colonial towns to an industrial powerhouse of the Gilded Age. From the race ...