Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1075
- Creators:
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Dates:
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1925-1942.
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Scope and Contents
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
Arrangement
Divided into 2 series: Series 1, Negatives and Series 2, Prints.
Biographical / Historical
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.
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
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
Keywords
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Railroads -- Rolling-stock
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Railroad stations -- United States
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Railroad tracks
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Ohio
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Railroad companies
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Railroads
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Railroads -- Buildings and structures
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Railroads -- Employees
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Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1900-1950
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Black-and-white negatives
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Locomotives
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West Virginia
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Railroad bridges
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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Rehor, John A.
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History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
P.O. Box 37012
Suite 1100, MRC 601
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
archivescenter@si.edu