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West Side and Yonkers Railway Company Ledger Book - dated 1880's Railroad Records

Inv# AU1659   Autograph
West Side and Yonkers Railway Company Ledger Book - dated 1880's Railroad Records
State(s): New York
Years: 1880's

Book of bond transfers mentions famous names such as J. Pierpont Morgan which is mentioned 5 times. Sample page illustrated. Book binding not intact.

The West Side & Yonkers Railway was leased to the NYC&N on May 1, 1880, extending the line south across the Harlem River to the northern terminal of the Ninth Avenue Elevated at 155th Street. It was merged into the NYC&N by 1887. In the 1910s, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the New York City Subway purchased the bridge across the Harlem River to move its elevated lines north into the Bronx, cutting the NYP back to Sedgwick Avenue. The Yonkers Rapid Transit Railway was opened in 1888 as a branch from the NYP at Van Cortlandt northwest to Yonkers. It was merged into NYP by 1887. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_and_Putnam_Railroad

Condition: Good
Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
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