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Chesapeake Western Railway

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Chesapeake Western Railway, 1953 - 1956

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: SC 0327. Series 1
Scope and Content From the Series: Series 1: Correspondence, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), primarily comprises correspondence relating to the purchase and subsequent sale of the Tweetsie narrow gauge locomotive, cars, and related equipment and infrastructure. One file of legal and financial documents containing annual reports, agreements, and tax documents is also included. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and according to correspondent.The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET&WNC)...
Dates: 1953 - 1956

Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC 0154
Abstract

The Chespeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, are comprised of 24.36 cubic feet of records pertaining to the administrative and business activities of a small Shenandoah Valley railroad through the period of America's Great Depression and up to the CW's eventual acquisition by the Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation.

Dates: 1916-1982

Drawing of Limited Area Along C&W RR - Rockingham Co-op and Bond Lumber, 1956

 Item — Box: RS 4
Identifier: SC 0210. Series 2
Scope and Content From the Series:

Series 2: Harrisonburg, 1925-1984, includes approximately 4,000 sheets of architectural drawings, sketches, and other material related to the planning and execution of designs for numerous structures in the city of Harrisonburg. Notable projects include the Rockingham National Bank, the housing projects at Franklin Heights and Harrison Heights, and several buildings for Eastern Mennonite University. This series is arranged in roughly the order in which it was received.

Dates: 1956

Map of 1.157 Acres of Land lying on the South Side of Grace Street. Harrisonburg VA to be conveyed to the Rockingham County Farm Bureau by the Chesapeake Western Railway, 1930

 Item — Box: OV 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: SC 0050. Series 2. Item Map 176
Contents From the Series:

Series 2: Maps, 1903-1982 (bulk 1903-1956) consists of large-sized maps contained within six folders in the Special Collections map drawers, small-sized maps contained within ten folders in two oversized flat boxes, laminated maps contained within two folders in one oversized flat box, and oversized maps that were too large to be to be adequately stored within the map case. Series 2 is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1930

Map of Lot Situated on the South Side of Warsaw Street Harrisonburg VA. to be Leased to Harry E. Garber by the Chesapeake Western Railway, 1931

 Item — Box: OV 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: SC 0050. Series 2. Item Map 182
Contents From the Series:

Series 2: Maps, 1903-1982 (bulk 1903-1956) consists of large-sized maps contained within six folders in the Special Collections map drawers, small-sized maps contained within ten folders in two oversized flat boxes, laminated maps contained within two folders in one oversized flat box, and oversized maps that were too large to be to be adequately stored within the map case. Series 2 is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1931

Map of Lots Owned by W. E. Frye (C-W R. R. to Main Street), 1923

 Item — Box: OV 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: SC 0050. Series 2. Item Map 123
Contents From the Series:

Series 2: Maps, 1903-1982 (bulk 1903-1956) consists of large-sized maps contained within six folders in the Special Collections map drawers, small-sized maps contained within ten folders in two oversized flat boxes, laminated maps contained within two folders in one oversized flat box, and oversized maps that were too large to be to be adequately stored within the map case. Series 2 is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1923

Map showing land leased by the Texas Oil Co from the Chesapeake and Western RR Harrisonburg VA copy 1 & 2, 1930

 Item — Box: OV 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: SC 0050. Series 2. Item Map 180
Contents From the Series:

Series 2: Maps, 1903-1982 (bulk 1903-1956) consists of large-sized maps contained within six folders in the Special Collections map drawers, small-sized maps contained within ten folders in two oversized flat boxes, laminated maps contained within two folders in one oversized flat box, and oversized maps that were too large to be to be adequately stored within the map case. Series 2 is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1930

South Side elevation Laymans Trestle Chesapeake & Western RR Co., 1928

 Item — Box: OV 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: SC 0050. Series 2. Item Map 167
Contents From the Series:

Series 2: Maps, 1903-1982 (bulk 1903-1956) consists of large-sized maps contained within six folders in the Special Collections map drawers, small-sized maps contained within ten folders in two oversized flat boxes, laminated maps contained within two folders in one oversized flat box, and oversized maps that were too large to be to be adequately stored within the map case. Series 2 is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1928

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Archival Object 7
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Subject
Account books 1
Augusta County (Va.) -- Industries -- Sources 1
Bark -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources 1
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
Bridgewater (Va.) -- History -- Sources 1