Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company Drawings
name: label: Creator
content: Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroads
label: Topic
content: Electric circuits
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by Norfolk & Western Railway Company in conjunction with Centralized Traffic Control Machine which was donated to Smithsonian in May 1978.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company
setName: label: See more items in
content: Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company Drawings
abstract: label: Summary
content: Engineering drawings of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company (later Norfolk and Western Railway Company).
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Pittsburgh & West Virginia was merged into the Norfolk & Western in 1964.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (2 oversize folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1948-1950
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Transportation (now Division of Work and Industry), November 28, 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0279
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by, NMAH Staff, 1987
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings -- 1940-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Engineering drawings (81) of the Centralized Traffic Control Machine electrical circuits of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company (later Norfolk and Western Railway Company). The circuits extend from Connellsville, Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh Junction, Ohio and include those for mechanical controls, electrical signals, and telephone communications. The drawings were made in 1948-1950. The drawings are in ink on paper, mostly in the dimension 23" x 28", although some are larger.