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The Book of the Fair : Chapter the Eighteenth: Transportation (Text) (20228 words) |
 | In structural detail the Transportation building, with its spacious annex, is one of the simplest and most unassuming of all the Exposition edifices, and yet with a richness of decorative forms that relieves it from poverty of design. |
| The Transportation building proper was erected on the southwestern bank of the lagoon which surrounds the wooded island forming a portion of the Horticultural grounds. |
| In the main facade, separated by the lagoon from the hall of Manufactures [545] and Liberal Arts, is the point of architectural emphasis, "the golden doorway," enclosed by a fretted arch or series of arches resplendent with gilding, and with a chaste embroidery of bas-reliefs and arabesques. |
| Brazil - Search View - MSN Encarta (19416 words) |
| However, except in the case of the Amazon, river transport is relatively unimportant in Brazil. |
| The remaining rail operations are suburban commuter systems connecting in the major cities or specialized railways carrying minerals, timber, or tourists. |
| Several sectors of the transport system—including railways, metro systems, highways, ports, and airports—were opened to private investment in the 1990s as part of the government’s privatization program. |
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