ICES adjunct scientist Mike Conlon appointed ICES North site director. ICES North is in development in Sudbury at Health Sciences North Research Institute and will be launched in late 2017.
Although Illinois could not boast having the first steam-powered railroad in the United States or the Midwest (Maryland in 1828 and Ohio in 1836 claimed those honors), residents could brag of being the home state for some of the earliest American carriers.
of the only rail line between the East Coast and Chicago. May 21, 1852 First train operated by Michigan Central Railroad from Detroit to Chicago. 1855 Michigan Central Railroad began using the telegraph to control train operations, making it. the nationâs first railroad to make widespread use of this system.