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Erie Railroad

(Encyclopedia)Erie Railroad, rail transportation line designed to connect the mouth of the Hudson River with the Great Lakes region. The New York and Erie RR Company was enfranchised and incorporated in 1832, and c...

Santa Claus

(Encyclopedia)Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. ...

Santa Maura

(Encyclopedia)Santa Maura, Greece: see Lefkás.

Santa Isabel

(Encyclopedia)Santa Isabel: see Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. ...

Santa Tecla

(Encyclopedia)Santa Tecla: see Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador. ...

Turkistan-Siberia Railroad

(Encyclopedia)Turkistan-Siberia Railroad, abbreviated as Turk-Sib, important railroad in Central Asia, providing the shortest link between Siberia and Central Asia. Completed in 1931, it runs from the Trans-Siberia...

Union Pacific Railroad

(Encyclopedia)Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Paci...

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