Tag: Rail

The Upper Merrimack Valley to Winnipesaukee By Rail


Free Download Joseph A. Bush Sr., "The Upper Merrimack Valley to Winnipesaukee By Rail"
English | 1997 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 0738564788, 1531642357 | EPUB | 49,8 mb
Railroads have played an integral part in shaping the identity of America, from carrying loads for industrial pursuits to connecting urban dwellers to recreational escapes in the countryside. In this volume, you will travel on the rail line that links New Hampshire’s upper Merrimack Valley to the Lake Winnipesaukee region. From your window seat, you will watch beautiful, late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century landscapes unfold. You will experience the diverse personalities of several whistle-stops along the way, and will visit picturesque riverside towns, such as Concord, Penacook, Boscawen, and Franklin on the Merrimack River; places on up the Pemigewasset River, like Bristol, Ashland, and Plymouth; and towns such as Tilton, Belmont, and Laconia on the Winnipesaukee River.

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The Third Rail Confronting Our Pension Failures


Free Download Jacquie McNish, "The Third Rail: Confronting Our Pension Failures"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0771046634, 0771047355 | EPUB | pages: 192 | 1.8 mb
Over the next 20 years more than 7 million Canadian workers will retire. Baby boomers, the 45- to 65-year-olds who account for 42% of the country’s workforce, will join the largest job exodus in Canadian history, moving to the promised land of retirement. Unless our crumbling pension system is reformed, many of these retirees will find this dreamland a bewildering and disappointing mirage.

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