Dataset: Freight income on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, 1852-1854, 1858-1859
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The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
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Railroads
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
United States History
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
United States History
Region
virginia
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Date issued
2016-04-12
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Scholarly Commons, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Related resources
Aaron W. Marrs, Railroads in the Old South: Pursuing Progress in a Slave Society (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009), pages 123-124 (figure 12 and table 10).
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Abstract
This dataset provides monthly income from freight on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad from 1852 to 1854 and 1858 to 1859 as given in the annual reports of the company. The annual reports broke out up and down freight separately.
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1852 is October-December only. 1858 is July -December only. 1859 is January-June only.