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Start Over Collection William P. McDermott Railroad Collection, 1835-1935

Photographic prints, 1877-1935 Box 33

Photographic prints mounted on cardboard of engines and trains with full descriptions, for railroads including the New England Railroad, the New York and New England Railroad, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the Central New England Railway, the New York Central Railroad, the Ulster and Delaware Railroad and the Housatonic Railroad.

  1. University of Connecticut -Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center
  2. William P. McDermott Railroad Collection, 1835-1935
  3. Series II: Accession 2016.0083

Realia, correspondence, vouchers, accounting sheets, 1865-1899 Box 31

Small number of documents for many railroads represented in this box, including the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad, the Connecticut Western Railroad, the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, the Delaware & New England Railroad, the Dutchess & Columbia Railroad, the Dutchess County Railroad, the Hartford & Connecticut Western Railroad and the Hudson Connecting Railroad. Of particular interest are two "wood checks," a metal tag that farmers received from the railroads for supplying, delivering, and leaving wood along the railroad tracks by the cord to be picked up by the railroad tenders to be used as fuel for steam engines. The wood checks are for the New York Central & Harlem River Railroad.

  1. University of Connecticut -Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center
  2. William P. McDermott Railroad Collection, 1835-1935
  3. Series II: Accession 2016.0083

Shares certificates, correspondence, remittance slips, statements of passenger miles between stations, statements of ticket sales, 1835-1905 Box 18

All associated with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the Central New England Railway, and the Hartford & New Haven Railroad. The statements of passenger miles and ticket sales are only for the NYNH&HRR.

  1. University of Connecticut -Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center
  2. William P. McDermott Railroad Collection, 1835-1935
  3. Series II: Accession 2016.0083