Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Camden and Amboy R.R. Rules and Traffic Agreements, 1844-1871

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0152
Creators:
Camden and Amboy Railroad.
Library of Congress
Dates:
1844-1871
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.15 Cubic feet
1 volume
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This volume contains a record of railroad rules for railroad employees, traffic agreements with other railroads, and operating orders to train crews and other employees including steamboat captains on the Delaware and Raritan Rivers signed by the railroad superintendent and other officials. These orders include general duties of conductors and other employees as well as instructions to individuals to carry out specific schedule changes, etc. These records are arranged chronologically within one volume.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The Camden & Amboy Railroad was charted in New Jersey in 1830. The company purchased the "John Bull," one of the first successful locomotives in North America, from Robert Stephenson & Company of New Castle, England. Its line ran between Camden and Amboy in New Jersey and was a link between New York and Philadelphia, which lies across the Delaware River from Camden. The railroad was leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1871.

Administration

Author
Robert S. Harding
Custodial History
Originally located at the Library of Congress, this volume was found to be a duplicate of material held there. It was donated to the Division of Transportation, NMAH, in 1976, and was subsequently transferred to the Dibner Library, National Museum of American History in 1980. It was transferred to the Archives Center in March 1986.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Robert Harding, May 1986

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Preferred Citation
Camden and Amboy R.R. Rules and Traffic Agreements, 1844-1871, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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