Huron, Ohio, Railroad Construction Photographs

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Huron, Ohio, Railroad Construction, 1912-1937, Ms2023-056, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
Abstract:
This collection contains photographs of the construction of the railroad in Huron, Ohio, and images of the finished product. The photographs also include images of electrical substations. Some of the photos say W. & L. E. R. R., presumably the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (also Railway).
Language:
The material in this collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Huron, Ohio, Railroad Construction, 1912-1937, Ms2023-056, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains photographs of the construction of the railroad in Huron, Ohio, and images of the finished product. The photographs also include images of electrical substations. Some of the photos say W. & L. E. R. R., presumably the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (also Railway).

Biographical / historical:

The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad or Railway was founded in 1871. In 1912, the railway began expanding the Huron, Ohio, docks, which required demolishing an existing bridge and building a new one and a new line. The company was eventually purchased by Norfolk Southern, until it was sold in 1990. It is now the largest Ohio-based railway.

Also in Huron, Ohio, the Lake Shore Electric Railway, formed in 1901, built a new line called the "Huron Cutoff" line and its substation, opeing in 1918. The company closed in 1938.

External source:

"The Interurban Railraod and the Lake Shore Electric Railway", Huron Historical Society, https://www.thehuronhistoricalsociety.org/the-interurban-railroad-and-the-lake-shore-electric-railway/, accessed on June 14, 2023.

"Company Overview", Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company, https://www.wlerwy.com/company/, accessed March 5, 2024.

Acquisition information:
This collection was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2009.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Huron, Ohio, Railroad Consstruction Photographs was completed in June 2023.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged chronologically.