Pacific Coast Company records, 1883-1927.

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Pacific Coast Company records, 1883-1927.

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Correspondence, interoffice correspondence, journals, legal documents, blueprints, letterpress copybooks, microfilmed copies of letterpress copybooks, ledgers and other financial papers, and memoranda, 1883-1927. The collection contains materials concerning the PCC's coal operations, steamship company, and railroad subsidiaries. Names represented include William Milo Barnum, chairman of the Board of Directors.

2 microfilm reels: negative.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7419814

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Pacific Coast Coal Company

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Barnum, William Milo.

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Pacific Coast Company

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The Pacific Coast Company rail, shipping, and coal operations served the West coast from the mid-19th century until its last railways were abandoned or sold in the mid-20th century. Though the company was organized under the "Pacific Coast Company" name in late 1897, it comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co., and the Pacific Coast Railway. In Seattle, the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle & Wall...

Smith, C. J.

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Pacific Coast Steamship Company

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Biographical / Historical Notes The Pacific Coast Steamship Company (PCSC) was founded in September 1882 under the name Pacific Steamship Company. This passenger and freight company was based in San Francisco. They shipped a variety of cargo such as vegetables, grain, lumber, coal and iron, and boasted modern, luxurious facilities for their passengers. In the early 1890s, the name Pacific Coast Steamship Company gained permanent resonance, un...

Pacific Coast Railroad Company

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The company was incorporated in 1880, as the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad, to take over the properties of the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad. It extended its rail line to a total of 58 miles running between Seattle and Black Diamond. It also owned 417 acres of industrial property in North Renton and Black River. Its name change occurred in 1916. From the description of Corporate records, 1880-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313845142 ...

Oregon Improvement Company

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Mining and transportation company of Washington state, 1888-1896. Henry Villard founded the Oregon Improvement Company in 1880 as a central component in his attempt to dominate the economy of the Pacific Northwest by linking rail, river, and ocean transport. The OIC owned coal mines in western Washington, four small railroads, and a steamship company. They suffered financial problems from the start, and competition for the San Francisco coal market was stiff. They tried ...