Thomas O. Russell papers 1908-1954

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Thomas O. Russell papers 1908-1954

Thomas O. Russell was a designer and builder of railroad lines and railroad facilities. He moved to Oregon in 1909. From 1929 to 1935, Russell was chief engineer for the Companhia Itabira do Brasil, and planned the Itabira Railroad. The collection consists of designs and plans made for the Southern Pacific Railroad and minor railroad lines in Oregon and California as well as documents and correspondence on the Itabira Railroad project. From 1943, the files consist of records of privately contracted engineering projects for the California Oregon Power Company, G. F. Atkinson Company, and other projects.

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Minarets & Western Railroad.

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Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...

G.F. Atkinson Company.

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Russell, Thomas O.

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Thomas O. Russell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and came to Oregon in 1909. He was a designer and builder of railroad lines and railroad facilities. From 1929 to 1935, Russell was chief engineer for the Companhia Itabira do Brasil, working for Percival Farquhar, planning the Itabira Railroad. From the guide to the Thomas O. Russell papers, 1908-1954, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) Thomas O. Russell ...

Itabira Railway

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California Oregon Power Company

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Companhia Itabira do Brasil.

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Sugar Pine Lumber Company

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