New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Station and Structure Drawings Collection 1887-1993

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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Station and Structure Drawings Collection 1887-1993

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The collection consists of 303 architectural drawings of 39 railroad stations, engine houses, signal stations and towers, and auxiliary buildings built by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad from 1886 to 1964. The maps are organized by job number; following the description of each plan is its print number. Two of the stations were designed by prominent architects Henry Bacon and Cass Gilbert. The collection also includes one gate sign, ca. 1920s, from Back Bay Station in Massachusetts.

26.0 Linear feet

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6332454

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.

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Joseph V. Nuccio

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Bacon, Henry.

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New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad

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Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934

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Henry Bacon

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