Papers, 1833-1927; (bulk 1836-1874).

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Papers, 1833-1927; (bulk 1836-1874).

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Miscellaneous papers relating to Pennsylvania railroads, including accounts, 1840s, of Eli Kirk Price, lawyer, and trustee of the consolidated loan holders of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad, 1844-1848; papers concerning railroad construction and expansion in Pennsylvania in the 1850s; papers relating to various railroad companies in Pennsylvania; and papers concerning a committee of inquiry on which William A. Stokes served to make a report on the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1874. Includes printed material consisting of tickets; advertisements; and pamphlets on the Coal Run Improvement and Railroad Company, the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad Company, the Elmira and Williamsport Railroad Company, and the New York and Middlefield Railroad and Coal Company.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6998579

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad Company

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Stokes, William A.

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Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Rail Road Company

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The Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad Company was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on February 17, 1831. It was one of the first railroads in the Philadelphia area. It completed a line from 9th and Green Streets in Philadelphia to Germantown in 1832 and a branch from 16th Street Jct. to Norristown in August 1835. The PG&N became part of the Reading Railroad system under lease in 1869 and became the Reading's primary entrance for passenger trains into Philadelphia. T...

Coal Run Improvement and Rail Road Company

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New York and Middlefield Railroad and Coal Company.

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Elmira and Williamsport Railroad Company.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...