Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report, 1917

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
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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], Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report, Ms2009-043, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia Railway
Abstract:
The collection includes an annual report of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Company for 1917, including statistical data on workforce, equipment, and tonnage hauled.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report, Ms2009-043, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains an annual report on the operations of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad, compiled for the Interstate Commerce Commission's Division of Statistics for the year 1917. Submitted by company auditor and assistant treasurer D. E. Hedges, the report tabulates statistics on the company's operations, including workforce, equipment, tonnage hauled, income and expenditures. Also included are the names of officers and a brief background of the company. The collection also contains a few loose documents which had been inserted in the report.

Biographical / historical:

The Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad was created in 1911 as a reorganization of the failed Chattanooga Southern Railway. Placed in receivership in 1922, the TA&G was purchased and its name changed to the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway. The 92-mile line spanned from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Gadsden, Alabama and was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1971; a northern portion of the line today (2009) is leased from Norfolk Southern and operated by the Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway.

Acquisition information:
The Tennessee, Alabama Georgia Railroad Annual Report was purchased by Special Collections in 2009. The document had been part of a larger group of railroad-related materials compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer (see "separated material" section).
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report commenced and was completed in March 2009.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Railroad