Corporate records, 1843-1968.

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 ...

Merrick, S. V. (Samuel Vaughan), 1801-1870

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New York Connecting Railroad Company

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Tatnall, Henry, 1855-1939

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Thayer, John B. (John Borland), 1862-1912

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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

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The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company on April 21, 1846, the name being changed on Jan. 7, 1853. It was one of the major anthracite railroads and formed a secondary trunk line between Jersey City, N.J., and Buffalo, N.Y. The railroad's original function was to serve as an outlet from the Lehigh Anthracite Region to tidewater by building along the Lehigh River from Mauch Chu...

Franklin, Walter S. (Walter Simonds), 1884-1972

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Pere Marquette Railway

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The company was incorporated in Michigan on March 12, 1917. Merged into The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company on June 6, 1947. From the description of Pere Marquette Railway Company : Corporate records, 1917 March 12-1947 June 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34953505 The P.M. serviced an area that strectches from Buffalo to Chicago. From the description of Pere Marquette Magazine. 1909-1931 (Grand Rapids Public Library). WorldCat record id: 17599226 ...

Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Secretary.

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The Office of the Secretary was created as a corporate office upon the organization of the company in 1847. In addition to other duties, the Secretary was custodian of all minutes, contracts and agreements, annual reports, manuals and other basic corporate documents. From the description of Corporate records, 1843-1968. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86123673 ...

Allegheny Portage Railroad

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The Allegheny Portage Railroad covered a 36 mile stretch up and down the sides of Allegheny Mountain between Johnstown (Cambria Co.) and Hollidaysburg (Blair Co.). Built between 1831 and 1833, the Railroad used a system of inclined planes to link the two lines of the Pennsylvania Canal. The canal boats were pulled by ropes, and later by wire cables (designed by railroad engineer John Roebling). From the description of Papers 1837-1960 (bulk 1837-1850). (Historical Society of W Pennsy...

Norfolk and Western Railway Company

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Reorganized in 1896 from Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1896-1969. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28420979 The Norfolk and Western Railroad was created and organized in 1881 when Clarence H. Clark and his associates purchased property and franchises belonging to the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company. As a result of the purchase, the combined track length owned by Clark and associates was just over 400 miles. By 1900...

Green, John P. (John Pugh), 1839-1924

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Thomson, Frank, 1841-1899

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Frank Thomson served as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1897 to 1899. Born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1851, Mr. Thomson spent his entire career working on railroads. He served in the Union army during the Civil War, when he worked for the U.S. Military Railroads in the South and Southwest. After leaving the military in June 1864, he began working for the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1871 and 1872, he was manager of transportation for an entourage escorting the Grand Duke Alexis o...

Cuyler, Thomas Dewitt, 1854-1922

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New York Central Railroad Company

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The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, but it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s-1890s, the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland. In the early twentieth century it built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that were key to New York Central's repair, maintenance, and stora...

Elkins, William L. (William Lukens), 1832-1903

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Thaw, William, 1818-1889

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Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954

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P. S. du Pont was president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. from 1915 to 1919 and chairman of the board from 1919 to 1940. He was also president of General Motors (1920-1923) and chairman (1920-1929), as well as a member of many other major corporate boards. He was also an avid collector of documents on the early history of the Du Pont family and company. From the description of The P. S. du Pont Office Collection, 1749-1939. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 16...

Haupt, Herman, 1817-1905

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Herman Haupt was born in Philadelphia in 1817 and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835. He resigned his commission to become a civil engineer. He was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad and in 1856 undertook work on the Hoosac Tunnel for the Troy and Greenfield Railroad in Massachusetts. From 1862 to 1863 he served as chief of construction and transportation on the United States military railroads and retired with the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1876 he und...

Bevan, David C. (David Crumley), 1906-1996

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Pullman's Palace Car Company

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Sleeping car companies acquired by Pullman's Palace Car Company. Founded in 1870, the Erie and Atlantic Sleeping Coach Company was bought by Pullman in 1873. The Southern Transportation Company, founded in 1865 and controlled by the Central Transporation Company, was leased by Pullman in 1870 for $20,000 per year as part of the larger Central Transportation Co. deal. The Southern's lines became part of Pullman's new subsidiary, the Pullman Southern Car Company. In 1878, ...

Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1808-1874

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Pennsylvania Railroad official. From the description of J. Edgar Thomson correspondence, 1850 October 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981660 ...

Mellon, Andrew William, 1855-1937

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Andrew William Mellon (b. March 24, 1855, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-d. August 26, 1937, Southampton, New York), was a banker, industrialist, and politician. He was Secretary of the Treasury under President Harding, and remained in that office under President Coolidge. He served as Ambassador to Great Britain from April 9, 1932 until March 17, 1933....

Rea, Samuel, 1855-1929

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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...

Scott, Thomas Alexander, 1823-1881

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Mellon, Richard K. (Richard King), 1899-1970

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Mr. Mellon was the chairman of Mellon National Bank and Trust Company at the time. From the description of Management's responsibility to the community 1953 [manuscript] (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 316216364 Richard King Mellon was the president and chairman of the board for Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh. The Rolling Rock Hunt was an ongoing event held at Rolling Rock Farms in Ligonier (Westmoreland County), Pa. Members of the Hunt included men an...

Wood, George, 1842-1926

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Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919

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Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a prominent industrialist and art collector, commissioned architect Thomas Hastings of the firm Carrère & Hastings to design and build his New York residence in 1912. Located at One East 70th Street, the three-story Beaux-Arts mansion featured a 100-foot gallery for his art collection. Charles Allom of White, Allom & Co. and Elsie de Wolfe were selected to furnish the rooms. Frick, along with his wife and daughter, took up residence in the house in November...

Reading Company

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The Reading Company, chartered in 1871 as the Excelsior Enterprise Company, became the holding company for the system of railroads, canals and coal mines assembled by the predecessor Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company between 1833 and 1896. As a result of anti-trust proceedings, the Reading Company divested itself of its mining subsidiary in 1923 and became an operating company for its rail properties. After bankruptcy in the early 1970s, viable portions of the rail network were conveye...

Symes, James M. (James Miller), 1897-1976

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County, A. J. 1871-1944.

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Patterson, W. C. 1812-1883.

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Pennsylvania Railroad Employes' Saving Fund.

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Atterbury, William Wallace, 1866-1935

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William Wallace Atterbury was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was a brigadier general in the United States (U.S.) Army in World War I (WWI) and was assigned to direct transportation activities in France. From the description of The W.W. Atterbury papers, 1917-1920. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 50632886 ...

Cassatt, A. J. (Alexander Johnston), 1839-1906

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Alexander Johnston Cassatt was a civil engineer and president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (1899-1906). He was the brother of artist Mary Cassatt. From the description of Letterbook index, 1894-1896; 1898-1903. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523418 ...

Shortridge, N. Parker, 1829-1915

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Pabst, George H. 1888-1963.

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Young, Charles D. (Charles Duncanson), 1878-1955

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Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad

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Richmond, Va. railroad company. From the description of Papers, 1863-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36437730 ...

Morris, Effingham Buckley, 1856-1937

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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

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The Atlantic Coast Line was based in Wilmington, N.C., and possessed rail that ran through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida. The Atlantic Coast Line later formed part of the CSX Transportation System. From the description of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company records, 1900s-1950s [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 31908801 The Central of Georgia Railway, formed from its predecessor, The Central Railroad and Bank...

Fruit Growers Express Company.

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McCrea, James, 1848-1913

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Clement, Martin W. (Martin Withington), 1881-1966

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Ann Arbor Railroad Company

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The Ann Arbor Railroad began in 1878. The line began in Toledo, Ohio and ran northwest through Ann Arbor to Frankfort and Elberta, Michigan. It was officially incorporated on September 21, 1895. The railroad ran a Great Lakes car ferry service from 1892 to 1982. In 1976, the Michigan Department of Transportation bought the northern part of the railroad (the railroad had declared bankruptcy in 1973). In order to keep the entire line operating, the state bought the southern part in 1980. By 1988-1...

Roberts, George Brooke, 1833-1897

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, originally named Louisa Railroad in Louisa County, Virginia, was founded in 1836 and reached the foot of the Appalachian Mountains at what is now Clifton Forge by 1850. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad web page. From the description of George Washington's railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Lines correspondence, 1935. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 213416394 ...