In the 19th century, the shoreline from Williamsburg to Red Hook was full of ships and warehouses, and shipping was Brooklyn's biggest industry.

The steel industry has undergone numerous transformations over the centuries, but few innovations have had as profound an impact as the Bessemer Process. Developed in the mid-19th century, this ...

Located on two acres of land, the house was built in 1742 for Seth Wetmore, a prominent judge and merchant in Middletown.

David A. Jacinto will discuss the second book in his Courageous Series, “Where Eagles Fly Free,” at two upcoming local book ...

Next week, the B&O Railroad Museum will be breaking ground for a $38 million Campus Transformation Plan, which will entail a ...

Pennsylvania and Ireland have had a long and rich historical association. It stretches back to the era of William Penn in the ...

If railroads thought big, so did the country they served. It should also be noted that the passenger rail travel experienced exponential growth in the last quarter of the 19th century, a trend the ...

In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of ...

The main museum, a few blocks away, sees 200,000 visitors a year who inspect its collection of railroad equipment, much of its from the 19th Century, and many pieces that were put on display at ...

In the 19th century, American capitalists welcomed Chinese laborers — the railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington said, “It would be all the better for us and the State if there should be a half ...

The Museum is home to the oldest, most comprehensive collection of railroad artifacts in the Western Hemisphere, including an unparalleled roster of 19th and 20th century railroad equipment ...