Arcadia
Lahar Meets Locomotive: New Zealand’s Tangiwai Railway Disaster of Christmas Eve 1953
The Tangiwai disaster of 1953, New Zealand’s worst railway accident, is an environmental disaster with an enduring legacy.
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The Lake That Became a Bus Terminus
This article investigates the transformation of Bangalore’s Dharmambudhi lake into the central bus terminus.
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Searching for Stability: Energy, Entropy, and the Abandoning of the Panatomic Canal
Scientists work to deploy atomic energy in Panama, but fail to overcome the country’s entropic environment.
Perspectives Article
Domestic Storage Problems and Transitions: Coal in Nineteenth-Century America
Sean Patrick Adams explores coal storage and expansion in nineteenth-century America.
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The 1795 Disaster: Casualties of the Spiritual Waterscape of Lough Derg, County Donegal
An account of the 1795 mass drowning on Lough Derg in Ireland’s County Donegal.
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Dividing a City: The Flooding of the Saint Petersburg Metro (1995–2004)
A flooding in the Saint Petersburg metro divided the city into two parts for nearly a decade.
Exhibition chapter
The Pacific Northwest: “Most people are captivated and captured on their first trip” | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 5 of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson. The chapter presents a selection of covers from CB&Q brochures that illustrate a certain vision of the Pacific Northwest.
Exhibition chapter
Scenic Route Guides: “Something worth seeing every hour of the journey” | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 6 of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson. The chapter focuses on the establishment of CB&Q’s Scenic Routes.
Exhibition chapter
Burlington Vista Domes | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 7 of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson. The chapter focuses on the famous Burlington Vista Dome.
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Western Tourism | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 8 of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson. The chapter focuses on how the CB&Q became part of a transcontinental route.