Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Photographs

Summary

Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.1075
Creators:: Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Rehor, John A.
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Dates:: 1925-1942.
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 2 Cubic feet
6 boxes
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Scope and Contents

Over nine hundred official company photographs documenting the history of the railroad. Subjects include trains, locomotives and cars; employees and employee gatherings and events; structures such as stations, track, bridges, crossings, towers, coaling stations.

Arrangement

Divided into 2 series: Series 1, Negatives and Series 2, Prints.

Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1871, the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway was built to haul coal from southeastern Ohio mines to the Lake Erie ports of Huron and Toledo. After World War II, WLE had several owners, the Nickel Plate, then the Norfolk & Western,and later, the Norfolk & Western and Southern (NS) merged. The WLE was dissolved in 1989 but was revived in 1990 by new investors.

Administration

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

Author

NMAH Staff

Immediate Source of Acquisiton

Donated to the Museum's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in 1981 by John A. Roher.

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Photographs, 1905-1942, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Ownership and Custodial History

Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Railroads -- Rolling-stock	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Railroad stations -- United States	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Railroad tracks	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Ohio	Place	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Railroad companies	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Railroads	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Railroads -- Buildings and structures	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Railroads -- Employees	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1900-1950	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Black-and-white negatives	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Locomotives	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
West Virginia	Place	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Railroad bridges	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Rehor, John A.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

Repository Contact

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

P.O. Box 37012

Suite 1100, MRC 601

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

archivescenter@si.edu

http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives

Guide to the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Photographs