East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, TN 37614-0138
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Title: |
The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Engineering Department Collection |
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Collection Numbers: |
Accession No. 47 L. C. No. MS 82-556 |
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Physical Description: |
0.5 linear feet |
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Creator: |
The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Engineering Department |
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Repository: |
Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University |
Provenance: The records of the Engineering Department of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway were given to the Archives of Appalachia by Mrs. Ruth Coward on March 29, 1979.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processing Information: David Goodin completed processing, and the records were opened for research in November 1979.
The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway was envisioned in the early nineteenth century as a transportation and commercial route from the Ohio Valley to Charleston, South Carolina, but the Appalachian mountain barrier made its completion a formidable task. General John Thomas Wilder organized interested capitalists and formed the Charleston, Cincinnati, and Chicago Railroad Company on September 30, 1886. It was incorporated by the state of Tennessee March 29, 1887. After completing track from Marion to Kingville, North Carolina and from Johnson City to Chestoa, Tennessee, the company suspended operations.
In 1894, Charles Hellier organized the Ohio River and Charleston Railway Company, which George L. Carter and associates purchased in July 1902, reorganizing it as the South and Western Railroad. Under Carter's direction, the railroad extended rapidly. In 1905, John B. Dennis and his associates, James A. Blair and Thomas Ryan, took over operation of the railroad as the Clinchfield. By 1908, when the company became the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway (CC&OR), the rail line stretched from Dante, Virginia to Spartanburg, South Carolina. General offices were in Johnson City, Tennessee. CC&OR then leased in July 1915, Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of South Carolina (chartered in 1909) and Clinchfield Northern of Kentucky (incorporated in October, 1911). The Black Mountain Railroad was leased in April 1916.
In 1923, CC&OR stockholders approved its 99-year lease to Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Atlantic Coastline, whose officers wanted another outlet from the Virginia and Kentucky coalfields. After an Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) hearing, the lease was authorized, and in 1926, the Clinchfield Railroad was formed from the three companies to operate the leased properties. In 1962, Clinchfield Railroad completed the Spartanburg, South Carolina tunnel, an engineering feat designed by J. M. Salmon, Jr. The tunnel joins Clinchfield with the Atlantic Coastline and the Piedmont and Northern Railroads, completing the originally envisioned rail route from the Ohio Valley over the mountains to the Atlantic seaboard.
The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Engineering Department Collection, consists of personnel files, memoranda, correspondence, minutes, maps, newsclippings, pamphlets, newsletters, books, speeches, construction diagrams, and miscellaneous records. The papers document the history and the construction of the CC&O Railway, and the management of its engineering department.
Organization: The collection is organized into five series: Series I, Office Records of the Engineering Department, 1908-1967; Series II, Publications, 1909-1968; Series III, Correspondence, 1909-1978; Series IV, Speeches, 1962-1964; and Series V, Minutes of the ICC Hearing on Valuation of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, October 28, 1926.
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway. Engineering Department
Goforth, James A.
Hastings, David C.
Kendall, W. H.
Kentucky--Economic conditions
Phetteplace, L. H., 1871-1950
Railroad engineering
Railroad tunnels--South Carolina--Spartanburg
Railroads
Railroads and state
Railroads--Design and construction
Railroads--Design and construction--Costs
Salmon, J. M. (J. McClure), 1903-1986
Tennessee--Economic conditions
This series contains personnel records, memos, telegrams, construction details, maps, and clippings. The material is arranged alphabetically by type of document.
This series contains publications of Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway (a newsletter, articles, brochures, and pamphlets). Most of these concern the history of the railroad. The material is arranged chronologically.
This series consists of correspondence primarily of the Engineering Department relating to speeches, book publications, and construction details. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.
This series contains speeches given by Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway officials, primarily from the Engineering Department, to civic and professional organizations. Included is the history of the railroad and construction details of the Spartanburg tunnel. The speeches are arranged chronologically. The undated speeches have been placed at the end of the series.
Series V consists of one file folder that contains minutes, notes, and financial statements that were presented at the 1926 ICC Hearing.
1. Newsclippings, 1960-67.
2. Personnel Records, ND.
3. Memoranda, Telegrams, Circulars, 1915-65.
4. Telegrams, 1908-15.
5. Narrative History to 1909.
6. Narrative History to 1916.
7. Narrative History to 1930.
8. Narrative History to 1958.
9. Narrative History to 1968.
10. Correspondence, 1909-39.
11. Correspondence, 1951-58.
12. Correspondence, 1961-69
13. Correspondence, 1970-78.
14. Kiwanis Day Speech, 1962.
15. Speech to Society of Professional Engineers, 1962.
16. Speech to American Railroad Bridge and Building Association, 1964.
17. Speech to American Society of Civil Engineers, ND.
18. Speech to Spartanburg, South Carolina Banquet, ND.
19. Minutes of ICC hearing on valuation of CC&O Railway, October 28, 1926.
*Notation following indexed material indicates file location of indexed material.
Black Mountain Railroad: 19.
Blue Ridge Line: 3, 11.
Bridges in 1937: 3.
Construction Standards: 3.
Construction Costs: 19.Freight Cars and Locomotives, 1962: 14.
Goforth, James - correspondence: 12, 13.
Government-owned Plants and Railroads: 11.
Government Regulation - Railroad Attitude: 14, 15, 18, 19.
Hastings, David - Speech: 14.History of Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway: 1, 5-9, 19.
History of Construction: 5, 6, 19.
Kendall, W. H. - Correspondence: 11.
M W and S Labor Forces on Clinchfield, 1926-1958: 2.
Manufacturing and Railroad: 14, 15.Maps: 4, 8.
Meadows Construction Company: 19.
Phetteplace, L. H.: 2.
Phetteplace, L. H. - Correspondence: 10.
Powell, J. Norment - Correspondence: 10.Salmon, J. M., Jr. - Biography: 1.
Salmon, J. M., Jr. - Correspondence: 11, 12.
Salmon, J. M., Jr. - Speeches: 16, 17.
South and Western Railroad: 1, 6.
Spartanburg Tunnel: 8, 10, 12.Spartanburg - History of: 15, 17.
Spartanburg - Unit Prices for Items of Construction: 16.
Spartanburg - Construction Details: 16.
Tunnels of CC&O in 1935: 3.
Valuation - Government: 19.World War II - Effect On Railroad: 8, 4.
World Railways: 12.
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