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Railroad

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Annual Report

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-044
Abstract

Annual report of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Company for 1926, including statistical data on workforce, equipment, and tonnage hauled.

Dates: 1926 - 1926

Thomas Robinson Sharp Papers, 1859-1908 (Ms1997-019)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1997-019
Dates: 1859 - 1908

Thomas Wood and Company Freight Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-045
Abstract

Bills for freight shipped on the Norfolk & Western Railroad and received by Thomas Wood and Company, a general mercantile business.

Dates: 1881 - 1886

Tidewater/Virginia Railway Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-044
Abstract

The collection consists of financial receipts of the Tidewater/Virginia Railway Company in the early days of the railway system.

Dates: 1905 - 1906

Title Map of the Great Kanawha Coal Field

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0371
Abstract

Map shows the Great Kanawha Coal Field, in West Virginia. In addition to the map, which identifies title claimants and contains some hand-written annotations, the map provides navigational and distance charts, descriptions of rail and water communication, improvements to the area, and geological descriptions, especially regarding coal deposits.

Dates: 1867

Township, County, and Railroad Map of Pennsylvania

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0372
Abstract

Map shows the counties and townships of Pennsylvania, along with railroads.

Dates: 1889

Clarence Trent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-010
Scope and Content Information

The Trent papers contain materials dealing with his activities in the ASME, the Lutheran Campus Ministry at VPI, and engineering education. Further biographical information on Trent may be found in Folder 1 and 27, the latter of which deals with the Distinguished Alumnus Certificate which Bluefield College awarded him in 1986.

Dates: 1958 - 1991

United States Military Railroads Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-097
Abstract

United States Military Railroads receipt, issued to general freight agent William W. Tuttle at Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Letters,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-077
Abstract

Letters to William S. Archer discussing his election as delegate to the July, 1849, convention of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. Correspondence also discusses the plan to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via railroads.

Dates: 1849 - 1849

Virginia Central Railroad Company Slave Rental Receipt,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-043
Abstract

This collection contains a slave rental receipt issued by the Virginia Central Railroad Company in 1855 to Mrs. Elisabeth S. Lindsay. The receipt promises a payment of $175 to Lindsay after the one year rental period for the work of the slave, a man named Isaac, ends.

Dates: 1855 - 1857