Records, 1836-1968.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was founded in 1827, and operated from the Great Lakes, Ohio, through the mid-Atlantic. The B&O's successor, CSX Corporation, was created in 1987 from interim holding companies. From the description of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company personnel records, circa 1940-1979. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 760082029 ...

Du Pont, Henry, 1812-1889

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Henry du Pont was born in 1812 at Eleutherian Mills near Wilmington, Delaware. He attended the Mount Airy Military School in Germantown, Pennsylvania, from 1823-1829 and then went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, graduating in 1833. As a Second Lieutenant, he joined the 4th Artillery at Fort Monroe in Virginia. On July 15, 1837, he married Louisa Gerhard and together they had 9 children, including Henry Algernon, Victorine Foster, and Evelina. In 1846, he was appoin...

Norris, William, 1802-1867

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Norris was chief of the C.S.A. Signal Corps; later military advisor to the Khedive of Egypt. From the description of Scrapbook of Col. William Norris, Signal Corps, C.S.A. [manuscript] 1846-1900. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647970658 ...

Central Passenger Railroad Company (Louisville, Ky.).

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Bonney, Jonathan, -1838

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Nathan Trotter & Company.

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Lobdell, William

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Wissler, J. H.

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Garrett & Eastwick.

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Lobdell Car Wheel Company.

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The Lobdell Car Wheel Company was formed in 1867 in Wilmington, De., as the successor to the partnership of Bush & Lobdell. During the late nineteenth century it was the largest manufacturer of cast railroad car wheels. Bush & Lobdell, a partnership of machinist Charles Bush and his nephew George G. Lobdell, was formed in 1838 following the death of Bush's previous partner Jonathan Bonney. The firm started as a general machine shop and foundry, but in 1836 it beg...

Du Pont, Alfred Victor, 1833-1893

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Bush & Lobdell.

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Du Pont, Bidermann, 1837-1923

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Lobdell, George G., 1818-1894.

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Dimpfel, Frederick P.

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Walton Furnace (Max Meadows, Va.).

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

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The family firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 and during the 19th century it became one of the United States' most important manufacturers of black powder. In 1902 three younger du Pont cousins: T. Coleman, Alfred I., and Pierre S. took over the company and within three years succeeded in bringing 75% of the American explosives industry (which at that time included black powder, dynamite, and smokeless powder) under their control. During the first decade of the...

Bush, Charles, 1805-1855

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Machinist and manufacturer. Charles Bush was born in Wilmington, Del., in 1805. At the age of sixteen he went to Baltimore to study as an apprentice machinist. Returning to Wilmington where he was set up in business by his father, he became the partner of Jonathan Bonney. In 1836 Bonney & Bush embarked on the business of making cast railroad car wheels. Two years later Bonney died and was succeeded by Bush's nephew George G. Lobdell. Under the title of Bush & Lob...

New York and Harlem Railroad Company.

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Bonney & Bush.

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Du Pont, Victor, 1828-1888

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A. & G. Ralston (Firm).

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