Illinois Central Railroad Annual Reports
This collection consists of two bound volumes housing the annual reports of the Illinois Central Railroad Company's Board of Directors from 1852 to 1900. Topics discussed include passenger and freight business, railroad construction, income, expenditures, and general business conditions.
Dates
- 1852-1900
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
3 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection consists of two bound volumes housing the annual reports of the Illinois Central Railroad Company's Board of Directors from 1852 to 1900. Topics discussed include passenger and freight business, railroad construction, income, expenditures, and general business conditions.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Illinois Central Railroad Company was chartered in 1851 after receiving the first federal land grant for a railway in 1850. Its first line, completed in 1856, ran the length of Illinois from Galena to Cairo. In the 1870s and 1880s, the railroad expanded through Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Arrangement
Collection consists of two boxes.
Acquisition Note
Collection was donated to Special Collections by Harry James Bruce.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository