New cars
| Title: | New cars. |
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| Name(s): |
Peter White Public Library, contributor Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor Daily mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), creator Perron, Wesley E., contributor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Created: | 1888-08-11 | |
| Physical Form: | notes (documents) | |
| Extent: | 1 item | |
| Abstract/Description: | Transcription of newspaper article from the Daily mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), Aug. 11, 1888, regarding the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company. | |
| Note(s): |
Electronic reproduction of: Transcription from Daily mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), Aug. 11, 1888. Source: The Mining Journal Marquette, Mi. August 11, 1888 Saturday New Cars One hundred of the new box cars ordered by The DSS and A a few months ago have been delivered to the road and have all ready been put to use. The first consignment of them arrived in Marquette Tuesday. They are marked "Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic," "Through Line," while in one car appeara [*appears] a black block with white lettering and border, "The Soo-Mackinaw Short Line." the [*The] cars were built by the Michigan Car Co., at Detroit, are 34 feet long, weight 24,700 lbs., capacity 50,000 lbs. They have safety couplers and all the latest improvements. Six or seven hundred more are to be delivered and will come along as fast as they can be furnished. DSS and A Equipment - Box |
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| Subject(s): |
Railroads Marquette (Mich.) Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company |
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| Restrictions on Access: | In the public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) | |
| Is Part Of: | Wesley Perron Railroad collection. Identifier: SLC-017 | |
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