Providence and Worcester R.R. Account Book
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Providence and Worcester Railroad Company
- Dates:
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1851-1899
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0154
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This log book of the Providence, Rhode Island repair shop records the annual summaries of repair costs by various divisions of the Railroad for 1851-1854, as submitted by John B. Winslow, Master Mechanic. It also includes entries recording miscellaneous repairs (mostly minor) and overhauls to locomotives for 1880-1899.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884
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1850-1880.
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0171
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection is now part of AC1086, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records.
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Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878
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1827-1987
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33 Cubic feet (76 boxes, 46 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1086
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of correspondence, invoices, drawings, photographs, and negatives and other printed literature documenting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.
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Southern Iron & Equipment Company
Bond, Edward
- Dates:
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1903-1960
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0354
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document the rebuilding of locomotives by the Southern Iron & Equipment Company during the period circa 1903-1960. They consist of one folder of "Memorandum of Locomotive Numbers" and a number of 4" x 6" cards recording sales of rebuilt locomotives. The "Memorandum," (forty-eight pages) lists the locomotives by number and shows the ...
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Taylor, Miriam Price
Price, Edwin, 1829-1901 (locomotive engineer)
- Dates:
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1893
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0070
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents handwritten reminiscences of Edwin Price's experiences operating steam engines.
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Howard, Fred.
- Dates:
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1911
- Size:
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0.8 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2007.0002
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The first crossing of the United States by airplane was achieved by Calbraith Perry Rodgers in 1911 in his Wright EX biplane, named the Vin Fiz.
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Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Lima Railroad, Inc.
- Dates:
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1919-1949
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3 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1180
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Service Department Records document the activity of the service and sales department of Lima Locomotive Works. Lima Locomotive Works manufactured Shay Locomotives in Lima, Ohio, from 1879 to 1980 when production ended. This collection contains cards describing the purchasing and selling of Shay Locomotives, maintenance of the locomotives, and sales calls made by the company.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
- Dates:
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1860-1940
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3.25 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1046
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers and photographs documenting the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
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1875-1911.
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2.6 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0158
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of construction by plant. Includes orders, dates of construction, customers and costs for passenger, dining and freight cars.
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Pullman Palace Car Co.
Pullman, George M., 1831-1897
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1867-1982
bulk 1900-1930
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8 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0181
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the Pullman Company, manufacturers and operators of railroad sleeping cars. Pullman also manufactured hospital and dining cars at its Chicago facilities. Dating from 1867 to 1982 (bulk 1900-1930s), the collection includes background materials, correspondence, financial, personnel and operating records, drawings and photographs.
