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Big Level and Kinzua Railroad

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1886 - 1906

Biographical History

The Big Level and Kinzua Railroad was a local railroad company in western Pennsylvania.

The Big Level and Kinzua Railroad was established in Elisha Kent Kane in 1886 to provide railway service from Mount Jewett to Ormsby, Pennsylvania. Kane sold the railroad in 1906.

Citation:
Kane family papers, 1690-1982 (Big Level and Kinzua Railroad)

History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, 1890: p. 157 (Big Level & Kinzua Railroad; constructed by Elisha K. Kane, beginning in 1886; provided rail service from Mount Jewett to Ormsby, Pa.)

SmethportHistory.org, via WWW, June 21, 2013 (Big Level and Kinzua Railroad; sold by Kane in 1906)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Kane family scroll map, 1881

 Sub-Series — Box 68: Series 11 [Barcode: 31197232570058]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 11 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains map of the route to be taken by the Big Level and Kinzua Railroad. Item dates from 1881.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / Kane family lithographs, clippings, and other material

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