Pennsylvania Railroad collection, 1852-1916.

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Pennsylvania Railroad collection, 1852-1916.

Miscellaneous records of rail lines forming part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, including the Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company (incorporated 1852) and a Camden and Amboy branch railroad.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8346120

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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...

Van Harlingen, M.

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Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company

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Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company

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Incorporated 1830. From the description of Freight bill, 1856 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975359 Railroad and steamboat company owned by the Stevens family. From the description of Letterbook, 1846-1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270283 From the description of Letterbook, 1846-1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 17158343 ...