Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad photographs

Collection — manuscript box: 43 - folder 1

Identifier: 1967

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Black and white photographs of trains, railroad bridges, tracks, stations, and tunnels along the routes of the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad in western New York and possibly Pennsylvania, with captions in pencil on the back. Includes photographs of the railroad stations at Little Genesee, New York and Angelica, New York; but the locations of most of the other photographs are unidentified. One of the photographs depicts a fire that broke out in Angelica on May 15, 1917.

Dates

circa 1917.

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

The Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad was formed from the merger of five small railroads in New York and Pennsylvania in 1899. It declared bankruptcy in 1905, but continued to operate in receivership until 1946, when its bankruptcy was converted to a trusteeship. It ceased to operate in April 1947.

Extent

1 folders. (1 folders.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Black and white photographs of trains, railroad bridges, tracks, stations, and tunnels along the routes of the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad in western New York and possibly Pennsylvania.

Physical Description

Photographs.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: February 2016
EAD encoding:: Marcie Farwell, February 2016
Date modified:: RMC Staff, February 2016