Скачать или смотреть Самый депрессивный городок Америки (Cairo, IL)

В начале 20-го века город Каир (Cairo), штат Иллинойс, был относительно крупным транспортным узлом, но сейчас пришел в полный упадок. 80% жителей покинули город, а те, кто остался, похоже, просто не имеют другого выбора. Это видео о том, как такая неприятность произошла, и что осталось от былого величия Каира.

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Броненосцы на миссисипи: By Currier and Ives, New York - Missouri History Museum URL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/305... Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/reso..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Future City: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9948354...

The Midwest. Pioneer press map by David H. Montgomery https://www.twincities.com/2016/01/29...

Bachmann, John. Birds eye view of Kentucky and Tennessee showing Cairo and part of the southern states. [New York John Bachmann i.e., 1862, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99447069/.

Ruger, A, and Chicago Lithographing Co. Cairo, Illinois. [Chicago Chicago Lithographing Co, 1867] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/73693346/.

Wellge, H, Beck & Pauli, and Henry Wellge & Co. Perspective map of the city of Cairo, Ill. [Milwaukee, Henry Wellge & Co, 1888] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/75693203/.

Missouri and Illinois Rail Line Had Stormy Career From Start : Phil Eydmann, Who Operated First Engine, Tells Story of Road's Construction and Later Difficulties. By WAYNE LEEMAN, a staff correspondent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (1955) http://www.trainweb.org/screamingeagl...
Cairo Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Cairo, Pulaski County, IL. (1. Photocopy from George S. Morison's The Cairo Bridge, 1892. Photographer unknown, circa 1890. NORTH WEB AND WEST PORTAL OF BRIDGE HAER ILL,77-CAIRO,1-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_R...

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