Boston Terminal Company Records
name: label: Names
content: Boston and Albany Railroad Co
label: Names
content: Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation
label: Compiler
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Names
content: New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
label: Names
content: Old Colony Railroad Company
place: label: Place
content: Boston (Mass.)
topic: label: Topic
content: deeds
label: Topic
content: Railroads
label: Topic
content: Railroad terminals
label: Topic
content: Terminals (Transportation)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown; acquired prior to 1976.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Boston Terminal Company Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection contains records including deeds, contracts, and blueprints documenting the work of the Boston Terminal Company.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Boston Terminal Company, formed in 1897 to develop South Union Station, was comprised of the New Haven Railroad, Boston and Albany Railroad Company, New England Railroad Company, Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, and the Old Colony Railroad Company. Officially now known as The Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station it was intended to provide a single terminal to service all these railroads.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (1 box, 6 map olders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1899-1936, undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1525
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Contracts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 2023. Finding aid encoded by Audrey Willius, intern, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Contracts
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Materials consist of deeds, contracts, and blueprints from the railroads that formed the Boston Terminal Company. These records relate to the work of the Boston Terminal Company in particular the South Union Station now known as the Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station. Materials are arranged in chronological order.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution


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Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence Rail-Way, G3761.P3 1828 .H3 


Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Map of the Old Colony Rail Road with its branches and connecting roads, prepared under the direction of the Committee of Investigation, January 1850, S. Dwight Eaton, Engineer, G3761.P3 1850 .F4