Papers of John B. Jervis, 1827-1878.

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Papers of John B. Jervis, 1827-1878.

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Personal and business correspondence, autobiography, accounts, agreements, appraisals, bills, contracts, maps, plans, receipts, reports, specifications, surveys, and other papers relating to Jervis' canal and railroad interests. Includes material on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Boston, Rome and Oswego Railroad, Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation, Carbondale Railroad, Chenango Canal, Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company, Croton Aqueduct, Delaware and Hudson Canal, Delaware and Hudson Railway, Harlem River Bridge and Tunnel, Hudson Canal Company, Hudson River Railroad, Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad, Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, New York and Erie Railroad, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Rail Road Company. St. Lawrence Canal, Saratoga and Schenectady Rail Road, and Schenectady and Syracuse Railroad.

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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 ...

Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road Company

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New York and Erie Railroad Company

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Chartered April 1832. From the description of Report of A.C. Morton, engineer of the Delaware Division, on the routes proposed for the New York & Erie Rail Road between Goshen and the mouth of Callicoon : manuscript, 1841 June 10. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758123 ...

Saratoga and Schenectady Rail Road

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Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company

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Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885

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Engineer. From the description of Papers of John B. Jervis, 1827-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067890 Civil Engineer. John Bloomfield Jervis was born in Huntington, New York, on December 14, 1795. He began his career in his father's lumber business at Rome, New York, and in 1817 he became an axeman on the local survey for the Erie Canal. Jervis became one of the most gifted engineers produced by the so-called "Erie Canal School." By 1823, he...

Hudson Canal Company.

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Hudson River Railroad

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Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation

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Harlem River Bridge and Tunnel.

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Boston, Rome, and Oswego Railroad.

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Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Rail Road Company

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Schenectady and Syracuse Railroad.

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Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company

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Carbondale Railroad.

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Delaware and Hudson Railway Company

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The Delaware and Hudson Railway Company originated as the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1823. The company gradually expanded and by the turn of the century became a transportation empire, serving most of northern and central New York State. The company operated canals, steamboat lines, and an extensive rail network stretching from central Pennsylvania to the Canadian border and westward to Binghamton N.Y. The Delaware and Hudson Railway Company was officially formed in the early twentieth...