Railroads -- Alabama -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad land grant documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS935f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a binder of official documents issued by the United States War Department concerning land-grant equalization between the federal government and railroad companies. Also included is a map of land grant and bond-aided railroads.
Dates:
1937-1945
Southern Railway records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1257
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created by Southern Railway, and records created by its predecessor railroads, railways, and companies. Records include annual financial and inspection reports, meeting minute proceedings, construction contracts, correspondence, publications, and company ephemera.The bulk of the materials are Southern Railway contracts and the predecessor records. More than 3,000 contracts illustrate the history of the company through the construction of train...
Dates:
1828-1996, undated