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Southern Pacific Company Records
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Southern Pacific Company records
Creator:
Southern Pacific Company
Identifier/Call Number: mssSouthernp
Physical Description:
.02 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1926-1936
Abstract: Records of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Southern Pacific Company records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ron Rutherford, February 1983.
The Southern Pacific Railroad was created in 1865 as a landholding and railroad company; it later acquired the Central Pacific
Railroad and several other smaller railroad companies throughout the United States. The company changed its name to the Southern
Pacific Company, and in 1969, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company was established and took over the Southern Pacific
Company.
Two files of documents for line improvements on tracks in Alhambra and Duarte, California. The files include correspondence,
blueprints, bills of sale, work orders, and other document types.
Processed by Brooke M. Black in December 2023.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroad companies -- California, Southern -- History
Alhambra (Calif.)
Business records