In the 1850s and 1860s, British North America became a popular refuge ... many with the help of the underground railroad - a secret network of free blacks and white sympathizers who helped runaways.

The town of Brooklyn was also deeply entwined with the Underground Railroad, playing a crucial ... Abdul-Rasheed said "Brooklyn is the story of America, even if you extend it beyond just black ...

Seventy years later, “Mr. Network” is retiring as a principal engineer for the utility. Most people don’t hold the same job that long. Many don’t live that long. On Friday, Georgia Power will honor ...

She worked as a consultant for the PBS documentary series 10 That Changed America, produced by WTTW in Chicago ... a ...

"America's Most Amazing Mile" is a funicular railway, meaning it operates via ... returning 17 hours later with news of finding underground streams, geological formations and the signature waterfall.

The ‘Underground Railroad’ was neither a railroad nor underground. It was however, an escape route for black slaves coming from the deep South of America toward the freedom that they believed Canada ...

INTERNATIONAL: US-based international railway investor Railroad Development Corp ... that it still aims to develop low cost passenger services in North America using former London Underground District ...

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Pop-Up Metro is currently demonstrating two-car battery-powered trains based on rebuilt former London Underground D-Stock at Rockhill Furnace in Pennsylvania. TDI is working with British rolling stock ...