Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
19th century Ohio & Mississippi steam locomotive |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Catalog Number |
2019.FIC.0759.0023 |
People |
Smith, Dale |
Description |
Copy of an undated photograph of the 19th century Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company's #126 steam locomotive. This item is part of a large collection of documents and photos owned by Dale Smith about the City of Washington, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company or the B & O Shops in Washington. Mr. Smith allowed the Daviess County Museum to scan the items into the Museum's collection. The Ohio and Mississippi (O & M) Railroad Co. was organized in 1854. It operated a railroad between Cincinnati, Ohio and St. Louis, Missouri that was completed in 1857 and passed through Washington, Indiana. The O & M went insolvent in 1867 and was reorganized as the Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. In 1893 it merged with the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. |
Date |
19th cetury |
Collection |
Dale Smith Collection |
Caption |
19th century Ohio & Mississippi steam locomotive |
Search Terms |
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Co. |