Railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variants:
Iron horses (Railroads)
Lines, Railroad
Rail industry
Rail lines
Rail transportation
Railroad industry
Railroad lines
Railroad transportation
Railway industry
Railways
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Action of the Committee on Land Purchases and Damages of the Commissioners of Fairmount Park on adjustment of right of way of Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company on Pennsylvania Avenue from Connecting Railway Bridge to Columbia Bridge, 1899 February 18
Item — Drawer 8.3
Dates:
1899 February 18
Agreement between Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad Company, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the Commissioners of Fairmount Park relative to the construction of a pipe needed by the railroad companies, 1896 March 26
Item — Drawer 8.3
Dates:
1896 March 26
Amendments to license granted William Wharton, Jr. for gravity passenger railway, 1894 November 10
Item — Drawer 8.3
Dates:
1894 November 10
An act to secure to the citizens of the commonwealth the free use and enjoyment of Fairmount Park in the City of Philadelphia and to prevent the construction of any railroad therein, 1870 March 16
Item — Drawer 8.3
Dates:
1870 March 16
Correspondence between David W. Sellers, Chairman of the Committee on Land Purchases and Damages, and the Fairmount Park Commission relative to the adjustment of a bond that was issued for undervalued land for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; enclosed with resolutions, land valuation, and agreement, February 1898-March 1898
Item — Drawer 8.3
Dates:
February 1898-March 1898
"Design for tunnels under driving roads crossing line of Gravity Railroad". [1 sheet], 1890 February 3
Item — Drawer F11, Folder: 1.3
Identifier: FP.2019.0
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1890 February 3
Eli K. Price, Chairman of the Committee on Land Purchases and Damages, submits report relative to damages to be assessed for land to be taken by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for a railroad proposed to be laid through the park as a branch road, 1880 December 11
Item — Drawer 8.3
Dates:
1880 December 11
Gravity Railroad. "Crossing of Railroad over present bridge at Lansdowne Valley". [1 sheet], 1890 February 3
Item — Drawer F11, Folder: 1.3
Identifier: FP.2019.0
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1890 February 3