Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad route map and freight bills: Finding Aid mssTAT
Brooke M. Black
The Huntington Library
April 2023
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Title: Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad route map and freight bills
Creator:
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
Identifier/Call Number: mssTAT
Physical Description:
0.20 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1913-1934
Abstract: Documents of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, California.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad route map and freight bills, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 2023.
The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad served eastern California and southwestern Nevada; it operated from 1907 to 1940. It was
largely used to haul borax from Francis Mason Smith's Pacific Coast Borax Company mine, east of Death Valley, but it also
hauled other items and had connections with several other railroads in California.
The map is entitled "Exhibit A: L. A. & S. L. R. R. Los Angeles Division Plan of Interlocker Crucero, Cal." It was approved
by both the Los Angeles & Salt Lake City Railroad and the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, October 1913. There are also 85
freight bills, all from 1934, for goods being shipped on the railroad.
Processed by Brooke M. Black, April 2023.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroads -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Barstow (Calif.) -- History
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
receipts (financial documents) -- California -- 20th century
transportation maps -- California -- 20th century
Box Main file 90, Folder 6
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad route map and freight bills 1913-1934