Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Pacific Coast Railway cash book
- Dates:
- 1890 - 1891
- Abstract:
- Pacific Coast Railway cash book receipts.
- Extent:
- .333 Linear Feet 1 half-box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Pacific Coast Railway Collection, MS 64, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Cash book records receipts taken at the San Miguel, California station between July 13, 1890 and December 30, 1891.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Pacific Coast Railway was a narrow gauge railway on the Central Coast of California. The original 10-mile link from San Luis Obispo to Avila Beach and Port Harford was later built southward to Santa Maria and Los Olivos, with branches to Sisquoc and Guadalupe. The 1,800-foot (550 m) People's Wharf was built at Port Harford in 1869 to transfer freight and passengers from Pacific Coast Steamships Mohongo, Orizaba and Gypsy operating between San Francisco and San Diego. In 1875, Pacific Coast Steamship Company replaced the tram with the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge steam-powered San Luis Obispo & Santa Maria Valley Railroad to San Luis Obispo.
Oregon Improvement Company obtained controlling interest in the Pacific Coast Steamship Company in late 1882, reorganized the railroad as the Pacific Coast Railway, and extended the line to Los Alamos.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Don Soule, 1989
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collection Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Financial accounting
- Places:
- San Miguel (Calif.)
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-18 15:29:17 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the District Collections Manager. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Pacific Coast Railway Collection, MS 64, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073