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City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Company fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1845-1853.

Reference:

R7041-0-0-E, MG24-E8

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98788

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City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Company fonds
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Date(s):

1845-1853.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

2 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of minutes, 1846-1853; correspondence, 1845-1853; allotment, registration, and transfer of stock, 1845-1846; and miscellaneous related papers (volumes 1-2).

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City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Company

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City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Company : The City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Company was incorporated in Upper Canada in 1836. The charter called for the construction of a railroad linking Torontoo with Goderich. Very little was done until 1845 when a London Branch of the Company was set up. The London Board of Directors took over the management of financial affairs. The shares of the Company were offered to subscribers and the whole capital of 500 000 pounds (save 2000 shares reserved for Canada) was taken up within a short time.

Difficulties arose between the London and the Toronto Boards which in 1849 resulted in the re-organization of the Toronto Board. The new company became known as the Toronto, Simcoe and Huron Railway Company and four years later, the London Branch was dissolved.

In 1855, a railroad line was constructed from Toronto to Collingwood. Another series of reorganizations took place in 1888 resulting in the absorption of the railroad into the Grand Trunk System.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides the following: an overview of the contents of the fonds, with page numbers; a history of the City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Company, and an alphabetically organized nominal descriptive list of the correspondence, 1845 to 1853. The alphabetical nominal description provides name of correspondent, date, page numbers and subjects in the correspondence. MSS0236 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001238.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1934.

Subject heading:

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Railroads Canada

Source:

Private

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MG24-E8
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG24 E 8] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 236] 31

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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