Nashua and Lowell Railroad Corporation records, 1835-1916 (inclusive).

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Nashua and Lowell Railroad Corporation records, 1835-1916 (inclusive).

Account books, ledgers, and stock dividend records, annual reports, and unbound papers covering period of independent operation (1838-1857, 1878-1880); with other records covering the period the line was leased, first to the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corp. (1857-1878, 1880-1887) and later to the Boston and Maine Railroad (1887 and following years). Includes letters of Presidents Daniel Abbott (1848-1851) and F.A. Brooks (1879-1883); from Treasurers T.H. Woods (1871, 1874), C.V. Dearborn (1877-1881), and Charles B. Brooks (1881-1886); from Superintendents A. Mitchell (1848-1850), Onslow Stearns (1845-1863), Bernard Stearns (1846-1847), Charles F. Gove (1849-1853), George Stark (1847-1868), and others. Also included are papers relating to many other New England railroads with which the Nashua and Lowell had dealings.

30 linear ft. (127 v., 112 boxes)

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Stark, George

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Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River

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The Locks and Canals company was chartered in 1792 by a group of merchants and shipowners from Newburyport, Mass. interested in improving the navigability of the Merrimack River and thereby boosting commerce at Newburyport. They constructed the Pawtucket Canal around the rapids at East Chelmsford. By 1803, however, construction of the Middlesex Canal linking the Merrimack with Boston had diverted shipping to Boston rather than to Newburyport. The Locks and Canals company was revived with the est...

Concord, Manchester and Lawrence Railroad.

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Wilton Railroad.

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Abbott, Daniel

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Peterborough Railroad.

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Stearns, Bernard.

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Merrill, Charles, 1885-1956

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Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation

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The route for the Boston and Lowell Railroad was surveyed in 1829; one year later the Massachusetts Legislature granted approval for the project. In June 1835, a single track linking Boston and Lowell was completed, making this one of the earliest steam railways in the U.S. In 1895 the Boston and Maine Railroad, lessor of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, decided to eliminate a dangerous grade crossing at Prison Point St. by building an overhead viaduct and bridge connecting Cambridge and Charlest...

Dearborn, C. V.

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Contoocook Valley Railroad

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Worcester and Nashua Railroad.

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Passumpsic River Railroad.

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Stearns, Onslow, 1810-1878

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Manchester and Keene Railroad

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Gove, Charles Frederick, 1793-1856

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Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad.

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Mystic Valley Railroad.

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Vermont and Canada Railroad Co.

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Cheshire Railroad.

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Rutland and Burlington Railroad

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Ainsworth, William P.

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Brooks, Francis A. (Francis Augustus), 1824-1902

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Concord Railroad Company.

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Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad.

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Woods, T. H.

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Salem and Lowell Railroad

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Lowell and Lawrence Railroad.

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Brooks, C. B. (Charles Ballance), 1910-1969

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Charles Ballance Brooks was born May 4, 1910, in Memphis, Tennessee. He received his commission as ensign in the U.S. Navy in 1931, and advanced through grades to rear admiral in October 1959. He served as commander of Cruiser Division Two from 1961 to 1962. Brooks died in July 1969. From the description of Brooks, C. B. (Charles Ballance), 1910-1969 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10613720 ...

Société des transports du Nord

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Concord and Claremont Railroad.

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Northern Railroad Company (N.H.)

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Read, Robert

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Greeley, Alfred.

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Locks and Canals Company.

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Vermont Central Railroad

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New Hampshire Central Railroad.

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Boston and Maine Railroad

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Mitchell, Alice, 1873-

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Hobbs, Harrison.

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Flavin, J. W.

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Nashua and Lowell Railroad Corporation

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Chartered in New Hampshire in 1835 and in Massachusetts in 1836. Opened 14 mile line from Nashua, N.H. to Lowell, Mass. in 1838. Eventually absorbed by the Boston and Maine system. From the description of Nashua and Lowell Railroad Corporation records, 1835-1916 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269582395 ...

Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad

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Fitchburg Railroad

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Portsmouth and Concord Railroad.

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Stony Brook Railroad

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Swain, George, Capt.

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