Troy & Greenfield Railroad Company records
Overview
Troy & Greenfield Railroad Company records span the years 1844 to 1881 and document the contstruction and operation of a railroad in western Massachusetts.
Dates
- Creation: 1844-1881
Creator
- Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored offsite; access requires advance notice.
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Extent
0.75 linear feet (3 volumes)Troy & Greenfield Railroad Company collection includes records of organization, directors' and stockholders' meetings, construction contracts and papers of Herman Haupt, 1856-1861, and agreements and reports on Hoosac Tunnel.
Biographical / Historical
The Troy and Greenfield Railroad was chartered in 1848 to build a railroad eastward from Troy, New York to Greenfield, Massachusetts, providing a link between the existing Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad and the Connecticut River Railroad. Construction of the railroad included excavating the Hoosac Tunnel between Florida and North Adams, Massachusetts. The railroad was leased to the Troy and Boston Railroad in 1856 and then consolidated into Fitchburg Railroad in 1887. The railroad continued operating under the name Troy and Greenfield until 1890.
Details for this historical note come from the Massachusetts Archives finding aid for Minutes of the stockholders of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company, 1848-1890.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased, 1934.
Processing Information
Processed: August 2021 By: Baker Library Special Collections Staff
Processing Information
To enhance discoverability, this collection was removed from an artificial collection of Records Relating to Railroad Construction in New England and Pennsylvania in August 2021.
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak01475
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.
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