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Western Maryland Railway Company, Property Registers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3507

Overview

Series of four registers of the Western Maryland Railway Company (WMRC) from 1919 titled "Lands Owned or Used For Purposes of a Common Carrier". These registers document WMRC lands in the City of Baltimore; the Maryland counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Allegany, and Garrett; and contiguous land in three Pennsylvania and eight West Virginia counties. Includes names of land grantors, locations of parcels, original transaction dates from 1856-1919, prices, methods of conveyance (usually by deed), and financial appraisals compiled for the Interstate Commerce Commission. There are 55 sections which detail properies at various WMRC termini and junctions, including names of larger and smaller railroads.

Dates

  • Creation: 1919

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

0.6 Linear Feet (Summary: 7 in. (4 ledgers))

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Title
Western Maryland Railway Company, Property Registers, 1919
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536