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This is your opportunity to own this rare catalog for only a fraction of the cost of the original. Print out a hard copy right from your computer to enjoy at your leisure! If you are a railroad aficionado, this reference is sure to be a valuable addition to your library. About 800 pages, and it includes most anything required to build a railway! No rolling stock, but page after page of power and hand tools, material carts, cranes, hardware and fasteners, and even an electric vacum! (Screen shot #9 ). There is SO much more to see than can be shown in the few sample pages we have included in this listing.
The company was founded by John Crerar and J. McGregor Adams ca. 1868,. they were a leading supplier to the railroad industry. Over the years the firm enjoyed enormous financial success as Chicago became the primary railway hub of the United States. Crerar may be best known for the Crerar Library. As an active philanthropist, John Crerar gave the city of Chicago a large sum of money in his will to found a public library. The Crerar Library was developed as a collection of science and medicine, and expanded throughout the twentieth century.
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