Dataset: Freight income on the Southwestern Railroad (Georgia), 1851-1860
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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
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georgia
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Date issued
2016-04-05
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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), 120-121 (figure 10 and table 8).
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Abstract
This dataset provides monthly income from freight on the Southwestern Railroad (of Georgia), as given in the annual reports of the company. The annual reports broke out up and down freight separately. The Southwestern Railroad ran from Macon to Albany, Eufaula, and Fort Gaines.
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Data is available for August-December only in 1851 and January-July only in 1860.