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Street railway company files, 1882-1943

 Series
Accession: 1685Identifier: 1685-II.

Dates

  • Creation: 1882-1943

Scope and Content

Contains corporate and official documentation from electric street railway companies in Wilmington and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, most notably the city of Chester. Subseries A: Corporate papers, includes incorporation papers, leases, deeds, agreements, reports to regulatory commissions, city ordinances, dissolutions, financial reports, articles of association, charters, and resolutions. The majority of street railway companies represented in this series were merged and consolidated with the Wilmington & Philadelphia Traction Company in 1915, and continued to operate in some capacity under the Delaware Electric Power Company. Most were dissolved in the mid-1930s. Note that papers from turnpike companies are also included. Subseries B: Track construction and removal, contains reports and other documentation relating to streetcar track construction and removal in the Wilmington and Chester areas from the 1920s to the early 1940s.

Extent

From the Collection: 109 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Access Restrictions

Personnel and other employee records containing private information are subject to a 75-year time seal from the date of their creation.

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Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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