Providence and Worcester R.R. Account Book
name: label: Creator
content: Providence and Worcester Railroad Company
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.).  Division of Transportation
place: label: Place
content: Rhode Island
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroads -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Rolling-stock
label: Topic
content: Locomotives
label: Topic
content: Repairing
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Providence and Worcester Railroad Company
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content: Providence and Worcester R.R. Account Book
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Like many of the early railroads in the United States the Providence and Worcester Railroad was built, as were most of the early turnpikes and canals, to serve nearby and local needs.*

*Taylor, Geroge Rogers and Neu, Irene D.  The American RR Network, 1861-1890 Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1956, p.4.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1851-1899
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Transportation (now Division of Work and Industry) through the American History Library), May 1982.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0154
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Account books
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged chronologically.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1985
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Account books -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This log book of the Providence, Rhode Island repair shop records the annual summaries of repair costs by various divisions of the Railroad for 1851-1854, as submitted by John B. Winslow, Master Mechanic. It also includes entries recording miscellaneous repairs (mostly minor) and overhauls to locomotives for 1880-1899.