As a native Central New Yorker, he never struck me as being one the Robber Baron Types!
Christopher Tarana
Re: Transport Tycoons: the Vanderbilt family
Posted: 08 Sep 2023 14:09
by kamnet
As it turns out, he was the most robber-baronish of all the robber-barons combined.
Vanderbilt & the Nickel Plate Railroad
Posted: 09 Sep 2023 13:08
by kamnet
Cornelius Vanderbilt bought the Nickel Plate Road because it represented a threat to his own lines that would eventually become the New York Central Railroad.
