Birmingham & Northwestern Railway Company Records, 1910-1929, bulk: 1927-1929
Scope and Contents note
Documents in two folders. The first folder includes the Charter of Incorporation, Jul. 10, 1910 and By-laws, Oct. 1927. The second folder includes the Agreement of sale of Birmingham & Northwestern to Gulf Mobile & Northern Railroad Company, Mar. 8, 1929. See also IC: A 4 G1, Gulf Mobile & Northern Railroad Company Records.
Dates
- Creation: 1910-1929
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1927-1929
Creator
- From the Collection: Illinois Central Railroad Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Biographical/Historical note
The Birmingham & Northwestern Railway Company was chartered in Tennessee on Aug. 16, 1910, for the construction of a road from Jackson to Dyersburg, Tennessee, for 49 miles. It was bought by the Gulf Mobile & Northern Railroad Company (GM&N) Mar. 9, 1929.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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