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March 24, 1827
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, dated March 24, 1827.
* 1st Railroad in the United States Formed
* Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Page 2 of this issue has a brief but very historic report about the establishment of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the first railway system in the United States, chartered on February 28, 1827. The report begins by stating that capital was formed to establish a Rail Road from Baltimore to the Ohio River at a cost of three million dollars. Mentions that the state legislature agreed to provide one million dollars, and the City of Baltimore, half a million. Some commentary at the end of the report about the failure to establish a railroad in Massachusetts. A significant report relating to the history of the railroads. Other news of the day with ads. Stray writing above the masthead, some lite foxing spots, otherwise on good condition.
Background Information: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland, west to the Ohio River at Wheeling and Parkersburg, West Virginia. It is now part of the CSX network, and includes the oldest operational railroad bridge in the world. The B&O also included the Leiper Railroad, the first permanent railroad in the U.S.
The railroad's former shops in Baltimore, including the Mt. Clare roundhouse, now house the B&O Railroad Museum. Two men Philip E. Thomas and George Brown were the pioneers of the railroad. They spent the year 1826 investigating railway enterprises in England, which were at that time being tested in a comprehensive fashion as commercial ventures. Their investigation completed, they held an organizational meeting on February 12, 1827, including about twenty-five citizens, most of whom were Baltimore merchants or bankers. Chapter 123 of the 1826 Session Laws of Maryland, passed February 28, 1827, and the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 8, 1827, chartered the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, with the task of building a railroad from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to a suitable point on the Ohio River. The railroad, formally incorporated April 24, was intended to provide not only an alternative to, but also a faster route for Midwestern goods to reach the East Coast than the seven-year-old, hugely successful, but slow Erie Canal across upstate New York. Thomas was elected as the first president and Brown the treasurer. The capital of the proposed company was fixed at five million dollars. source: wikipedia
* 1st Railroad in the United States Formed
* Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Page 2 of this issue has a brief but very historic report about the establishment of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the first railway system in the United States, chartered on February 28, 1827. The report begins by stating that capital was formed to establish a Rail Road from Baltimore to the Ohio River at a cost of three million dollars. Mentions that the state legislature agreed to provide one million dollars, and the City of Baltimore, half a million. Some commentary at the end of the report about the failure to establish a railroad in Massachusetts. A significant report relating to the history of the railroads. Other news of the day with ads. Stray writing above the masthead, some lite foxing spots, otherwise on good condition.
Background Information: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland, west to the Ohio River at Wheeling and Parkersburg, West Virginia. It is now part of the CSX network, and includes the oldest operational railroad bridge in the world. The B&O also included the Leiper Railroad, the first permanent railroad in the U.S.
The railroad's former shops in Baltimore, including the Mt. Clare roundhouse, now house the B&O Railroad Museum. Two men Philip E. Thomas and George Brown were the pioneers of the railroad. They spent the year 1826 investigating railway enterprises in England, which were at that time being tested in a comprehensive fashion as commercial ventures. Their investigation completed, they held an organizational meeting on February 12, 1827, including about twenty-five citizens, most of whom were Baltimore merchants or bankers. Chapter 123 of the 1826 Session Laws of Maryland, passed February 28, 1827, and the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 8, 1827, chartered the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, with the task of building a railroad from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to a suitable point on the Ohio River. The railroad, formally incorporated April 24, was intended to provide not only an alternative to, but also a faster route for Midwestern goods to reach the East Coast than the seven-year-old, hugely successful, but slow Erie Canal across upstate New York. Thomas was elected as the first president and Brown the treasurer. The capital of the proposed company was fixed at five million dollars. source: wikipedia
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