Owensboro Falls of Rough and Green River Railroad Company Accounting records, Oct. 1889- Dec. 1897
Series
Identifier: IC + 6 O8.5
Scope and Contents note
11 oversize volumes. A few sundry papers laid in some of the volumes.
Dates
- Creation: Oct. 1889- Dec. 1897
Creator
- From the Collection: Illinois Central Railroad Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Biographical/Historical note
The Owensboro Falls of Rough and Green River Railroad Company was incorporated in Kentucky on Apr. 24, 1882. The railroad was opened from Owensboro to Fordsville, KY on Oct. 1, 1889, and in 1893, extended to Horse Branch, KY, for a total of almost 42 miles. In 1897, Edward H. Harriman bought the road under foreclosure and conveyed the property to the Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans RR (CStL&NO) who leased it to the ICRR on the same day.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org