Pittsburgh Railways notebook

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2020

Descriptive Summary

Title: Pittsburgh Railways notebook

Dates: 1906-1912

Collection Number: MS 497

Creator/Collector: Pittsburgh Railways

Extent: 1 folder

Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Sacramento, California 95814

Abstract: A notebook with information about coal deliveries from New York, Cleveland and G Coal, Pittsburgh Western Coal, and Pennsylvania & Western. Also includes coal costs for A/C and D/C power stations such as Brunot's Island, 20th Street, Glenwood, Manchester, 30th Street, Meadowlands, Beaver Valley Traction Company, a paper on power output comparisons, charts of water levels and other testing of boilers, photographs of substations, stations and parts of stations that are damaged, or have collapsed.

Language of Material: English

Access

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Preferred Citation

Pittsburgh Railways notebook. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Scope and Content of Collection

A notebook with information about coal deliveries from New York, Cleveland and G Coal, Pittsburgh Western Coal, and Pennsylvania & Western. Also includes coal costs for A/C and D/C power stations such as Brunot's Island, 20th Street, Glenwood, Manchester, 30th Street, Meadowlands, Beaver Valley Traction Company, a paper on power output comparisons, charts of water levels and other testing of boilers, photographs of substations, stations and parts of stations that are damaged, or have collapsed.