In the 19th century, Cornelius Vanderbilt built a shipping and railroad empire that made him the wealthiest man in the world. His empire included Vanderbilt's shipping company, the Vanderbilt Railroad ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt was an industrialist ... The strike started on 16 July 1877 by Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad workers. After the company's president, John W. Garrett, decided to cut the ...
Getty Images; Elm Court Estate; Library of Congress Elm Court Estate was built in 1886 as a summer home for Emily Vanderbilt, granddaughter of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her family.
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