Macmillan Encyclopedia of Transportation

by Durbin, Enoch J.; Gough, Barry M.; Leary, William M.; Waff, Craig B.; White, Roger B.

• ISBN13: 9780028653617
• ISBN10: 0028653610
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Macmillan Library Reference

Summary

An encyclopedia covering different methods of transportation and key events, people, and social, economic, and political issues in the history of transportation.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	x
Preface	xi
Volume 1
Accidents	1	(3)
Aircraft	4	(2)
Aircraft, Military	6	(4)
Aircraft, Parts of	10	(4)
Aircraft Carriers	14	(2)
Aircraft Industry	16	(3)
Air Current and Wind	19	(2)
Air-Cushion Vehicles	21	(2)
Air Forces	23	(2)
Airline Industry	25	(4)
Airports	29	(4)
Airships	33	(2)
Air Traffic Control	35	(2)
Alaska Highway	37	(1)
All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)	37	(1)
Altitude	37	(1)
Amtrak	38	(1)
Animals, Pack and Draft	39	(3)
Apollo Program	42	(4)
Aqueducts	46	(1)
Armstrong, Neil	46	(1)
Astronauts	47	(5)
Astronomy	52	(1)
Atlantic Ocean	53	(1)
Atmospheric Pressure	54	(1)
Automobile Clubs	55	(1)
Automobile Industry	56	(6)
Automobiles	62	(3)
Automobiles, Effects of	65	(5)
Automobiles, History of	70	(4)
Automobiles, Parts of	74	(7)
Automobiles: Related Industries	81	(5)
Automobiles, Types of	86	(3)
Auto Train	89	(1)
Aviation	89	(4)
Aviation, History of	93
Volume 2
Ballast	1	(1)
Balloons	1	(3)
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	4	(1)
Barges	5	(1)
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)	6	(1)
Benz, Carl	6	(1)
Berlin Airlift	7	(1)
Bermuda Triangle	8	(1)
Bicycles	8	(4)
Bridges	12	(4)
Buses	16	(3)
Cable Cars and Funiculars	19	(2)
Cadillac	21	(1)
California Gold Rush	22	(1)
Camels	23	(1)
Canadian Pacific Railway	24	(1)
Canals	24	(4)
Canoes and Kayaks	28	(1)
Cape Canaveral	29	(2)
Cape to Cairo Railroad	31	(1)
Caravans	31	(1)
Careers in Transportation	32	(7)
Cargo Ships	39	(3)
Carts, Carriages, and Wagons	42	(3)
Catamarans	45	(1)
Cattle Trails	45	(2)
Challenger Disaster	47	(1)
Channel Tunnel	48	(1)
Chariots	49	(1)
Chevrolet	50	(1)
China Trade	50	(1)
Circumnavigation	51	(1)
Civil Aeronautics Board	52	(1)
Clipper Ships	53	(1)
Coast Guard	54	(1)
Communication Systems	55	(3)
Commuting	58	(3)
Compass	61	(1)
Concorde	62	(1)
Conestoga Wagons	63	(1)
Conrail	64	(1)
Containerization	65	(1)
Convertibles	66	(1)
Conveyors	66	(1)
Convoys	67	(1)
Cook, Thomas	68	(1)
Cosmonauts	68	(2)
Crime	70	(2)
Cruise Ships	72	(1)
Crusades	73	(1)
Cunard Line	74	(1)
Curtiss, Glenn	75	(1)
Customs	75	(2)
Daimler, Gottlieb	77	(1)
Delivery Services	77	(2)
Diesel, Rudolf	79	(1)
Diving	80	(1)
Drive-Ins	81	(1)
Driving	82	(3)
Earhart, Amelia	85	(1)
Electric Cars	86	(2)
Elevators and Escalators	88	(1)
Emergency Transportation	89	(2)
Energy	91	(4)
Engines	95	(7)
Enola Gay	102	(1)
Equator	103	(1)
Erie Canal	103	(2)
Eurail System	105	(1)
European Space Agency	105
Volume 3
Exploration	1	(6)
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)	7	(1)
Ferries	8	(1)
Fire Engines	9	(1)
Fisher, Carl	9	(1)
Fishing Boats	10	(3)
Flatboats	13	(1)
Flight	13	(4)
Flying Scotsman	17	(1)
Ford, Henry	18	(1)
Freight	19	(3)
Freight Trains	22	(1)
Frigates	23	(1)
Fulton, Robert	24	(1)
Gagarin, Yuri	24	(1)
Glenn, John	25	(1)
Gliders	26	(2)
Global Positioning System (GPS)	28	(1)
Goddard, Robert	28	(1)
Gondolas	29	(1)
Government and Transportation	29	(5)
Great Eastern	34	(1)
Great Lakes	34	(1)
Guided Missiles	35	(3)
Gulf Stream	38	(1)
Gyroscope	38	(1)
Harbors and Ports	39	(3)
Hazardous Materials, Transport of	42	(2)
Health Issues	44	(2)
Helicopters	46	(4)
Heyerdahl, Thor	50	(1)
High-Speed Trains	50	(1)
Hijacking	51	(1)
Hindenburg Explosion	52	(1)
Hitchhiking	53	(1)
Hoboes	53	(1)
Horsepower	54	(1)
Horses	55	(3)
Hughes, Howard	58	(1)
Hydraulic Systems	58	(1)
Hydrofoils	59	(1)
Icebreakers	60	(1)
Impressment, Maritime	61	(1)
Insurance	61	(2)
Intelsat	63	(1)
Intermodal Transport	63	(1)
Interstate Commerce Commission	64	(1)
Intracoastal Waterway	65	(1)
Jeeps	66	(1)
Jet Planes	67	(2)
Jet Stream	69	(1)
Korolev, Sergei	70	(1)
Labor Unions	70	(2)
Latitude and Longitude	72	(1)
Lenoir, Jean-Joseph-Etienne	73	(1)
Leonardo da Vinci	74	(1)
Leonov, Alexei	74	(1)
Lesseps, Ferdinand de	74	(1)
Lewis and Clark Expedition	75	(2)
Light Rail Systems	77	(2)
Lighthouses and Lightships	79	(2)
Lindbergh, Charles	81	(1)
Literature	82	(2)
Locks	84	(1)
Loran	85	(1)
Lusitania	86	(1)
Maine, USS	87	(1)
Malls	87	(1)
Maps and Charts	88	(4)
Maritime Hazards	92	(1)
Maritime Law	93	(2)
Mars Probes	95	(1)
Merchant Marine	95	(3)
Mir	98	(2)
Mobile Homes	100	(1)
Model Boats, Trains, Cars, and Planes	100	(2)
Moon	102	(2)
Mopeds	104	(1)
Motels	105	(1)
Motorboats	106
Volume 4
Motorcycles	1	(1)
Mountaineering	2	(1)
Moving and Storage	3	(1)
Nader, Ralph	4	(1)
NASA	5	(2)
National Road	7	(1)
National Transportation Safety Board	8	(1)
Navies	9	(2)
Navigation	11	(4)
Noise Control	15	(1)
Northeast Passage	16	(1)
Northwest Passage	17	(1)
Oberth, Hermann	18	(1)
Ocean Liners	19	(1)
Oregon Trail	20	(1)
Orient Express	21	(1)
Pacific Ocean	22	(1)
Panama Canal	23	(1)
Pan-American Highway	24	(1)
Parachutes	25	(1)
Parades	26	(1)
Parking	26	(1)
Passengers	27	(4)
Passports and Visas	31	(1)
People Movers	32	(1)
Pilots, Aircraft	33	(1)
Pipelines	34	(2)
Piracy	36	(1)
Pollution and Transportation	37	(3)
Pony Express	40	(1)
Postal Service	41	(2)
Public Transportation	43	(2)
Pullman Strike	45	(1)
Race Cars	46	(1)
Radar	47	(2)
Rafts	49	(1)
Railroad Barons	49	(1)
Railroad Industry	50	(5)
Railroad Safety	55	(2)
Railroads, History of	57	(8)
Railroad Workers	65	(3)
Railway Stations	68	(1)
Railway Trains, Parts of	69	(6)
Railway Trains, Types of	75	(2)
Randolph, A. Philip	77	(1)
Recreational Vehicles (RVs)	78	(1)
Regulation of Transportation	79	(5)
Ride, Sally	84	(1)
Rivers of the World	84	(6)
Roads	90	(6)
Rockets	96	(3)
Rolls-Royce	99	(1)
Roman Roads	100	(1)
Rowboats	100	(1)
Sailboats and Sailing Ships	101
Volume 5
Sailing	1	(2)
St. Lawrence Seaway	3	(1)
Salvage	4	(2)
Salyut Space Sations	6	(1)
Santa Fe Trail	7	(1)
Satellites	8	(3)
Schooners	11	(1)
Seaplanes	11	(1)
Sedan Chairs	12	(1)
Service Stations	13	(1)
Shepard, Alan	14	(1)
Shipbuilding	14	(3)
Shipping Industry	17	(3)
Ships and Boats	20	(5)
Ships and Boats, Parts of	25	(4)
Ships and Boats, Safety of	29	(2)
Ships and Boats, Types of	31	(3)
Shipwrecks	34	(3)
Showboats	37	(1)
Signaling	37	(2)
Sikorsky, Igor Ivan	39	(1)
Silk Road	39	(1)
Skylab	40	(1)
Slave Trade	41	(1)
Sleighs	42	(2)
Smuggling	44	(1)
Snowmobiles	45	(1)
Snowshoes	46	(1)
Sonar	46	(1)
Songs	47	(2)
Soyuz Spacecraft	49	(1)
Spececraft, Parts of	50	(6)
Space Exploration	56	(9)
Space Probes	65	(3)
Space Rovers	68	(1)
Space Shuttles	69	(3)
Space Stations	72	(4)
Space Suits	76	(1)
Space Travel	77	(5)
Space Walks	82	(1)
Spanish Armada	83	(1)
Sports and Recreation	83	(2)
Sports Cars	85	(2)
Sport Utility Vehicles	87	(1)
Sputnik 1	88	(1)
Stagecoaches	89	(1)
Standard Time Zones	90	(2)
Steamboats	92	(2)
Stephenson, George	94	(1)
Submarines and Submersibles	95	(5)
Subways	100	(2)
Suez Canal	102	(1)
Supersonic Flight	103	(1)
Superstition at Sea	104	(1)
Tankers	104
Volume 6
Tanks	1	(1)
Tariffs	2	(1)
Taxis	3	(1)
Telescopes	4	(1)
Tereshkova, Valentina	5	(1)
Tires	5	(2)
Titanic	7	(1)
Tolls	8	(2)
Tourism	10	(3)
Tractors	13	(1)
Trade and Commerce	14	(5)
Trails	19	(2)
Trans-Alaska Pipeline	21	(1)
Transcontinental Railroads	22	(1)
Transportation, U.S. Department of	23	(1)
Transportation in the Twenty-First Century	24	(3)
Transportation Planning	27	(2)
Trans-Siberian Railroad	29	(1)
Travel Industry	29	(4)
Travel Writing	33	(2)
Trucking Industry	35	(2)
Trucks	37	(3)
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin	40	(1)
Tugboats	41	(1)
Tunnels	42	(2)
Urban Transportation	44	(4)
Vans and Minivans	48	(1)
Viaducts	49	(1)
Vikings	49	(1)
Viking Space Probes	50	(1)
Vintage Cars	50	(1)
Volkswagen	51	(1)
Von Braun, Wernher	52	(1)
Voyager Space Probes	53	(1)
Walking	53	(1)
Water Currents, Tides, and Waves	54	(2)
Waterworks	56	(2)
Watt, James	58	(1)
Weather	58	(4)
Webb, James	62	(1)
Wells Fargo	63	(1)
Westinghouse, George	64	(1)
Wheelchairs	64	(1)
Wheels	64	(2)
Wright, Orville and Wilbur	66	(1)
Yachts	67	(1)
Yeager, Charles	68	(1)
Time Line	69	(6)
Suggested Readings	75	(4)
Glossary	79	(4)
Index	83	(24)
Photo Credits	107