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Identifier: worldscolumbiane02whit (find matches)
Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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eat Britain TRANSPORTATION. 277 are especially fine, nearly all of her great ship-building firms beingrepresented by models. One model, that of the armored war-shipVictoria, is thirtyfeet long and cost$20,000. But halfof the vessel is thusconstructed, and it/is placed against agreat mirror whichduplicates it andthus makes thewhole vessel appear.Surrounding themodel at the water-line is a plate ofgreen rippled glass,so that the effect isproduced that theship is floating inthe ocean. It is thisvessel which wassunk by her com-panion, the Camp-erdown, in the eastend of the Mediter-ranean Sea, whenhundreds of liveswere lost. This oc-curred during theearly months of theFair, and from thattime the magnificent model was heavily draped in black and hasbeen the centre of attraction. Many of the finest Atlantic linersand other large war vessels are displayed, and a model of thegreat Forth Bridge of Scotland is shown. Australia shows amodel of the wonderful zig-zag railway in the mountains of New
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CHOY CAVE- Mexican Central Railway. 278 TRANSPORTATION. South Wales. The feature of the Canadian exhibit Is a train ofthe Canadian-Pacific railway, the woodwork of which is solidmahogany. The next exhibit is that of the Johnson Railroad Signal Company,and across the aisle from it that of Spain. The latter is made upchiefly of marine models, models of celebrated fortresses, and amodel of the Cordova Bridge, whose foundations were laid nearly2,000 years ago. A little yet to the east is the display of Brazil,in the Mexican section a fine display is seen, consisting largely ofexquisitely fine saddles and horse trappings. There is also a reliefmap of that republic showing modern systems of transportation.The Mexican Central Railway Company shows a number of beau-tiful paintings and photographs, among them scenes in the Choycave. Argentine Republic is just across the aisle from Mexico, andadjoining is the display of the Cunard Steamship Company. Hereare displayed nine models of their best s

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