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Erie Railroad Collection

American History Museum

Port Jervis, New York
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Object Details

sova.nmah.ac.1082
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep867520079-bbe3-4fbe-9b75-cf3ba7872c37
Creator
Erie Railroad Company
Olevsky, Walter
Donor
ConRail
Collector
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
Topic
Railroads -- Buildings and structures
Railroads -- Employees
Railroads -- Rolling-stock
Railroad tracksdrawings
Railroad stations -- United States
Railroads -- 20th century
Railroads -- 19th century
Provenance
Originally collected by the National Museum of American History's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering's reference collection. In 1978, 668 glass plate negatives documenting Erie railroad stations were purchaed from Walter Olevsky; in 1987 drawings of structures built by the various railroads which, at the time of the donation, constituted the Consolidated Rail Corporation were donated; and in 2007, two cubic feet of photoprints and nine cubic feet of archival records were transferred from the Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center.
Creator
Erie Railroad Company
Olevsky, Walter
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Erie Railroad Collection
Biographical / Historical
The Erie Railroad was founded in 1832 by large group of investors from the Southern Tier Counties of New York. Among these investors, businessman Eleazar Lord had been among the originators and later became the first president of the company. The railroad's construction took place from 1832 to 1851 with a seven-year pause between 1842 and 1849. At the time of its completion, the Erie Railroad was the largest railway system in the United States, both in length, 446 miles, and in gauge, six feet. Thanks to its tracks span from New Jersey to Illinois and itsabove-average gauge, it could transport larger cargo. Throughout its history the company underwent numerous bankruptcies and merged with several companies. The first merger was in 1960 with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad creating the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. The second was in 1976 when the once-again bankrupt company merged with five other lines to create Conrail. Source Allegany County Historical Society, Andover, New York https://www.alleganyhistory.org/culture/transportation/railroads/erie-railroad/1060-the-erie-railroad (Last accessed on Decemeber 3, 2019)
Extent
57 Cubic feet (60 boxes, 97 map-folders)
Date
circa 1880-1980
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center by the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1082
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Blueprints
Mechanical drawings
Tracings
Glass negatives
Photographs
Drawings
Citation
Erie Railroad Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into seven series. Series 1: Photographs Series 2: Glass Plate Negatives Series 3: Lists Series 4: Subject Files Series 5: Specifications for Bridges, Buildings and Terminals Series 6: Drawings Series 7: Bridge Notebooks
Processing Information
Collection processed by John Benko, intern, 2019; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist. In 2019, some drawings were deaccessioned to the Industrial Archives & Library in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Blueprints
Mechanical drawings
Tracings
Glass negatives
Photographs -- 19th century
Photographs -- 20th century
Drawings
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of six hundred sixty-eight (668) glass negatives relating to the Erie Railroad. Subjects include stations, train cars, railroad employees, employees' recreational activities, ferries, construction, street scenes, and resort hotels; drawings of structures built by the various railroads which, at the time of the donation, constituted the Consolidated Rail Corporation. Included are linen tracings, blueprints, and mechanical copies; and two cubic feet of photoprints made from negatives in the Erie Railroad Collection.
Restrictions
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270.
NMAH.AC.1082
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep867520079-bbe3-4fbe-9b75-cf3ba7872c37
NMAH.AC.1082
ACAH
Record ID
ebl-1503513436748-1503513436750-0

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  • Port Jervis, New York

  • Photographs

  • 1972 Flood Damage Erie Railroad Susquehanna Railway South and Scranton 5x5 Color Prints

  • Track Map, Palmer, Indiana

  • Accessioned Fine Prints - R 5400

  • Newark

  • Town Line

  • Governor's Consulting Committee

  • Passenger Station, Franklin, Pennsylvania

  • Delaware Division - Pennsylvania

  • Erie Railroad over Cuyahoga River, Repair Work

  • [Tollman?]

  • Vessels: Lighters, Jersey City, New Jersey

  • Hutchins

  • South Lima

  • Ferry House, Chambers Street, New York City

  • Track Maps, Mill Creek, Virginia

  • Park Street

  • Grand View

  • DeCliff

  • Little Perry

  • Warehouse and Storage:Freight Depot

  • Jefferson Divison - Pennsylvania

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