Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Berkeley Branch Railroad cash book
- Dates:
- 1876 - 1877
- Abstract:
- This collection contains a cash book with 2 pages of entries for September 26, 1876 thru October 8, 1877 for the Berkeley Branch Railroad.
- Extent:
- .333 Linear Feet 1 half-box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Berkeley Branch Railroad Cash Book, MS 109, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A cash book with 2 pages of entries for September 26, 1876 thru October 8, 1877 for the Berkeley Branch Railroad.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Berkeley Branch Railroad was incorporated by the Central Pacific Railroad on September 25, 1876, 3.84 miles from Shellmound via Shattuck Avenue to Vine Street (Berrymans) in Berkeley, reaching that point on July 1, 1878. Operated by the Central Pacific Railroad under lease from August 16, 1876, to April 1, 1885 and by the Southern Pacific Company until May 15, 1888. The road had no locomotives of its own. Its line formed a part of the extensive electric interurban system in the East Bay operated by the Southern Pacific Company from 1911 to 1940.
[Guy Dunscomb, A CENTURY OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, 1862-1962 (Modesto, California: 1967), p. 393]
- Acquisition information:
- Southern Pacific Railroad, New York Collection
- Processing information:
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Formerly part of MS 10
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collection Center
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Cash book
Financial accounting
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-10 22:52:25 +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 CSRM Library & Archives. 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:
-
[Identification of item], Berkeley Branch Railroad Cash Book, MS 109, 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