Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Chico Electric Railway collection
- Dates:
- 1904-1905
- Abstract:
- Materials relating to the Chico Electric Railway.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet Manuscript box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Chico Electric Railway Collection, MS 5, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Ledgers and correspondence relating to the organization and financial concerns of the Chico Electric Railway.
- Biographical / historical:
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Articles of incorporation for the Chico Electric Railway Company were filed on August 12, 1904. Impetus for the organization of the firm came from the Diamond Match Company which provided equipment during construction and housed the line's first substation at its Chico plant.
Service on the Chico Electric Railway began on January 1, 1905, but in August of that year its 5.14 miles of track in Chico were acquired by the expanding Northern Electric Company, later the Northern Electric Railway.
Additional information on the Chico Electric Railway can be found in Ira Swett SACRAMENTO NORTHERN (1998) and Kent Stephens MATCHES, FLUMES, AND RAILS: THE DIAMOND MATCH CO. IN THE HIGH SIERRA (1977).
- Acquisition information:
- Anonymous donor, 1983
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collections Center
- Physical facet:
- 4 folders
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Electric railways
- Places:
- Chico (Calif.)
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-12-13 20:22:06 +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:
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[Identification of item], Chico Electric Railway Collection, MS 5, 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