Caption: Dedication - Transportation Building Dedication Addresses
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operated the first steam railroad ever constructed, the Stookton and Darlington Railroad, toward the end of the rirst quarter of the nineteenth century. The introduction of gas, I think in 1816, was in important contribution by engineers to the development pf modern civilization. Morsefs work in connection with phe electric telegraph in this country, and the work of booke and Wheatstone in Great Britain, toward the end of the third decade of the nineteenth century, have had probably, in conjunction with the development of the steam railroad, a greater effect on the development of civilization than almost any other contributions by engineers of the last century. These were followed about the middle of the last pentury by the coupling of the two great English-speaking peoples by means of the submarine Atlantic cable, which is probably one of the greatest factors in more recent years Ln bringing about a better understanding between those two great peoples. From the time of the successful commercial establishment of the submarine cable to the discovery by Alexander Graham Bell of the principles underlying the commercial telephone of today was but a short period - T think about a decade and a half. This was followed about the year 1879-1880 by the rapid development of the electric light and power industry and the general use of eleotrio energy. My recollection - and it is but natural that I should dwell on this particular branch of engineering development on account of my connection with it - my
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