Napa Valley Route. Electric Trains & Steamers.
by Swett, Ira L. and Harry C. Aitken, Jr
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Glendale: Interurbans, 1975 First edition. Interurbans Special #47. Quarto. 575pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, etc. Appendices. Green cloth, gilt. Owner's name at top edge of flyleaf. A fine copy with lightly worn and spine-faded pictorial dust jacket. The extremely comprehensive story of the route from San Francisco through the Napa Valley to Calistoga, California, including 30 miles by water steamer and 40 miles by electric train. Profusely illustrated with photographs, route maps, dimensional diagrams, timetables, etc. Complete coverage of this Napa Valley interurban system that serviced travelers from San Francisco to the spas of Calistoga at the upper reaches of the Napa Valley..
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- Bookseller
- Argonaut Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4641
- Title
- Napa Valley Route. Electric Trains & Steamers.
- Author
- Swett, Ira L. and Harry C. Aitken, Jr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Interurbans
- Place of Publication
- Glendale
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Railroads Railway Trains History Interurban Northern California san Francisco Napa Valley
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