Norfolk & Western Financial Documents, 1882-1954 (Bulk, 1884-1916)

Seaboard Airline Railroad

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Seaboard Air Line Railway was established in 1900. The company had lines in the Georgia Piedmont and Coastal Plain, and in 1904 a line from Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama was added. The company's successor was CSX. From the description of Seaboard Air Line freight received, 1893-1896. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 319072236 ...

Adams Express Company

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The Adams Express Company was founded in Boston in 1839. Originally called Burke and Company, its name was changed to Adams and Company after only two weeks when Alvin Adams agreed to buy out his partner. By 1850, the company had spread throughout the south, southwest, and north. Much additional capital was invested at that time and the company's name was again changed to the Adams Express Company. During the Civil War, the company made a substantial amount of money shipping packages to and from...

Southern States Dispatch.

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Tidewater Railway Company

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Incorporated in Virginia in 1904 to construct a railroad between Norfolk, Va., and Deep Water, W. Va.; charter amended and name changed to Virginian Railway in 1907. From the description of Records, 1904-1907. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28411296 The Tidewater Railway System was built in 1904 as an intrastate highway by William Nelson Page and Henry Huttleson Rogers in order to connect the Hampton Roads area with the coal mining regions and railroads of West Virgini...

Roanoke Machine Works

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Manufacturing plant with foundry and machine shops built in 1883 in Roanoke, Va., to provide equipment for the Norfolk and Western and the Shenandoah Valley Railroads. From the description of Roanoke Machine Works memoranda books [manuscript], 1890-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648018867 Chartered in Virginia in 1881 to build and repair railroad engines and cars; controlled by Norfolk and Western Railroad; works situated in Roanoke, Va. From...

Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line.

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East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railway Company

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Reorganized in 1886 from East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad Company; ran from Dalton, Ga., through Knoxville and Bristol, Tenn., to the Virginia state line; controlled by Richmond Terminal Company (1887-1892); purchased by Southern Railway Company (1896). From the description of Records, 1886-1895. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28415114 ...

Virginia Holding Corporation

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Incorporated in Virginia in 1882 as Iron Belt Land, Mining, and Development Company to acquire real estate at various points along the Norfolk and Western Railroad line; name changed to Virginia Company in 1888 and to Virginia Holding Corporation in 1920. From the description of Records, 1921-1934. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28411880 ...

Aberdeen & Asheboro Railway Company.

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Norfolk and Western Railroad Company

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The Norfolk and Western Railroad originated with the 1838 chartering of the City Point Railroad, a line between Petersburg and City Point, Virginia. The line was purchased by the South Side Railroad in 1854, which, in turn, merged with the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad and the Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad, forming the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad in 1870. The AM&O fell into bankruptcy and was purchased in 1881, the new owners incorporating under the name Norfolk and Wes...

Deepwater Railway Company

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Chartered in West Virginia in 1898; acquired by Virginian Railway Company in 1907. From the description of Records, 1898-1921. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28413567 ...

Bluefield Inn. (W. Va.)

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Cincinnati, Northern Railroad Company

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Cumberland Valley Railroad Company

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Southern Express Company

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Maple Shade Inn Company (Pulaski, Va.)

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Hotel Roanoke

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Norfolk and Western Railway Company

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Reorganized in 1896 from Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1896-1969. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28420979 The Norfolk and Western Railroad was created and organized in 1881 when Clarence H. Clark and his associates purchased property and franchises belonging to the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company. As a result of the purchase, the combined track length owned by Clark and associates was just over 400 miles. By 1900...