Railroads -- Pennsylvania
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:
Report of the Committee on Plans and Improvements relative to the West End Passenger Railway Company, 1873 November 8
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1873 November 8
Resolution approving plans for proposed extension of bridge over the River Road on the Belmont Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1918 October 9
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1918 October 9
Resolution in relation to Schuylkill River East Side Railroad, 1884 March 8
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1884 March 8
Resolution of the Board directing the Committee on Plans and Improvements to report a plan for laying a passenger railway the entire length of Belmont Avenue and that the Committee also report the probably expense and best mode of conducting the same, 1873 April 12
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1873 April 12
Resolution of the Committee on Plans and Improvements recommending that a license be granted to the Philadelphia and Grays Ferry Passenger Railway Company to occupy a portion of the park at 25th Street , 1879 May 6
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1879 May 6
Resolution requesting the Committee on Plans and Improvements to report upon the expediency of constructing a railway on Belmont Avenue, 1871 June 5
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1871 June 5
Resolution that measures be taken to ascertain what annual rent or remuneration will be paid into the treasury of the Park Commission for the privilege of laying and using, for a limited term, a single railway track on each side of Belmont Avenue, 1872 May 11
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1872 May 11
Statement of the Green and Coates Streets Passenger Railroad for damages re: land ceded to the park, 1868 June 24
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1868 June 24
Survey: Proposed relocation and elevation of railroads in South Philadelphia (3822-96), 1914 January
Item — Drawer FDR-2, Folder: 1.1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
All items in this collection are related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park, and they range from plans of notable buildings to maps of the park grounds. Items vary greatly in size, medium, and material, in addition to subject matter. The collection is especially strong in Olmsted drawings (reproductions), items related to Bellaire Manor and the American Swedish Historical Museum, and items related to the park's water features. There are no documents relating to the skatepark, and limited...
Dates:
1914 January
Transcripts of minutes pertaining to Fairmount Park from Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Executive Meetings (1920-1948); Pennsylvania Railroad Company Board Meetings (1898-1952); Pennsylvania Railroad Company Executive Meetings (1910-1945); Reading Railroad Board Meetings (1888-1952); and Reading Railroad Executive Meetings (1910-1947), 1958 November 12
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1958 November 12