Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad Buildings Engineering Field Notes

Collection — sc_box: MS 3, Folder: 37

Identifier: MS-730

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Engineering field notes, circa 1916, from the Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Valuation's survey of railroad structures. Includes photocopies from the National Archives and Records Administration of building survey sheets with descriptions, photographs and floor and elevation plans of buildings owned by the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad, such as the depot in Calumet originally constructed by the Mineral Range Railroad.

Dates

Circa 1916

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

Originally established on February 4, 1887, the Interstate Commerce Commission was as an independent agency created by the Interstate Commerce Act (24 Stat. 379). Through its various bureaus or divisions, the Commission regulated carriers, such as the railroads, who engaged in the transport of interstate commerce and in foreign commerce within the U.S. Abolished under 109 Stat. 932 on December 29, 1995, the Commission has been succeeded by the Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation.

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Processing History

Elizabeth Russell,11/3/2009

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad Buildings Engineering Field Notes
Author: Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
Date: 11/3/2009
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: Description is in English