Wisconsin Central Railroad Company (1871-1899)
Organization
Biography
The original Wisconsin Central Railroad Company was a major early railroad that operated throughout northern Wisconsin. Despite these successes, it struggled financially from the start and was bankrupt by 1879. It was leased to the Northern Pacific Railway from 1889 to 1893, and was finally reorganized from bankruptcy in 1897 as the Wisconsin Central Railway.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Villard business papers
Collection Identifier: Mss:8993 1862-1928 V719Overview:
Business records, correspondence, and photographs of 19th century railroad and electrical industry financier Henry Villard (1835-1900)
Peace Dale Manufacturing Company records
Collection Identifier: Mss:446 1742-1919Overview:
The records of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company, a large textile empire located in Peace Dale, Rhode Island owned and operated by five generations of the Hazard family.
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- Account books 1
- Accounts 1
- Articles of incorporation 1
- Banks and banking--Germany 1
- Chicago (Ill.)--Exhibitions 1
- Clippings 1
- Coal 1
- Cotton manufacture--Rhode Island. 1
- Electric lighting 1
- Flour mills--New Jersey. 1
- General Stores--Rhode Island. 1
- Geological surveys 1
- Industries--Rhode Island. 1
- Investment banking--Germany 1
- Investments 1
- Ledgers. 1
- Letters 1
- Letters. 1
- Liquid fuels 1
- Manufacturers--Rhode Island--South Kingston (Town). 1
- Manufactures. 1
- Mortgages 1
- New York (N.Y.) 1
- Northwest, Pacific 1
- Oregon 1
- Postal service--South Carolina. 1
- Railroads--Finance--United States. 1
- Railroads--Oregon 1
- Railroads--Rhode Island. 1
- Railroads--United States 1
- Reports 1
- Saint Paul (Minn.) 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Slaves--Social conditions--United States. 1
- Steamboat lines--Oregon 1
- Textile industry. 1
- Transportation--Rhode Island. 1
- Wool industry--Rhode Island. 1 ∧ less
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