The Hejaz Railway
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1935295039 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 190 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Built in the turn of the twentieth century, the Hejaz Railway was initially mocked in Europe as a wildly improbable scheme. This book provides many details about the construction of this project based on British documents from a technical and cultural point of view.. Still used partially in Syria and Israel, the railway was constructed at colossal cost and despite countless obstacles, receiving great enthusiasm across the Muslim world
James D. Crabtree said Just short of being a reference book. Maybe if you are REALLY into trains you would be fascinated by the mind-numbing details of the construction of the Hejaz Railway, built after 1900 as a means for pilgrims to get to Mecca quickly. The construction of this railroad in one of the most challenging environments in the world should be a fascinating story, but it is lost in the discussion of Ottoman soldiers as labor units, the difficulty in getting fuel, the use of concrete sleepers as opposed to wo