Los Angeles and Redondo Records, 1889-1910

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Title:: Los Angeles and Redondo records
Dates:: 1889-1910
Abstract:: Records from the incorporation of the Redondo Railway until the company was divided in 1910 include articles of incorporation, Minutes of the Board of Directors, by-laws, a stock certificates book, and stock ledgers.
Extent:: 1.5 Linear Feet 2 manuscript boxes + 1 oversized box
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Los Angeles and Redondo Records, MS 619, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Scope and content:: Records from the incorporation of the Redondo Railway until the company was divided in 1910 include articles of incorporation, Minutes of the Board of Directors, by-laws, a stock certificates book, and stock ledgers.
Biographical / historical:: The Redondo Railway was incorporated in April 1889. Its principal backers, J. C. Ainsworth, George Ainsworth, and R. R. Thompson, had been involved in lumber and shipping enterprises in the Pacific Northwest and saw the line as a connection between a deep water anchorage at Redondo and Los Angeles. Built as a 3' 6" gauge steam road, the Redondo Railway began service between Los Angeles and Redondo via Gardena in the spring of 1892. In 1896 the name was changed to the Los Angeles and Redondo. The line was electrified in 1902, and three years later Henry E. Huntington purchased it. The company was divided in 1910 with the narrow gauge Los Angeles Railway taking the city trackage, and the Pacific Electric, and through it the Southern Pacific, assuming control of the interurban lines. The Pacific Electric converted the Los Angeles and Redondo tracks to standard gauge in 1911.
Acquisition information:: Southern Pacific Transportation Company, New York Collection
Processing information:: Formerly part of MS 10
Arrangement:: Arranged by item type
Physical location:: Statewide Museum Collections Center
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: CSRM Library and Archives Staff
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-26 00:26:29 +0000 .

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Los Angeles and Redondo Records, MS 619, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

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Sacramento, CA 95814, US