Mifflin, Samuel W. (Samuel Wright), 1805-1885
Variant namesSamuel Wright Mifflin was a prominent civil engineer. In 1855 he was engaged as chief engineer to lay out a railroad running from Columbia, Pa., to New Castle, Del. The project was incorporated as the Columbia & Octorara Railroad Company in Pennsylvania on April 18, 1853, and in Delaware as the New Castle & Octorara Railroad Company on February 2, 1855. The project was intended to provide an alternate outlet for the Pennsylvania Railroad east of Columbia and may have been encouraged by that company as a bargaining chip in its effort to buy the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Octorara project was abandoned in 1857 before any construction was undertaken.
From the description of ALS : 1855 Feb. 15. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122405687
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referencedIn | Haldeman family. Papers, 1801-1885. | Hagley Museum & Library | |
creatorOf | Mifflin, Samuel W. (Samuel Wright), 1805-1885. ALS : 1855 Feb. 15. | Hagley Museum & Library | |
referencedIn | Chambers, Gordon. Collection, 1792-1823. | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
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associatedWith | Chambers, Gordon. | person |
associatedWith | Delaware Railroad Company. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Haldeman family. | family |
associatedWith | New Castle and Octorara Railroad Company. | corporateBody |
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Delaware |
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Railroad engineering |
Railroads |
Railroads |
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Birth 1805
Death 1885