Summary Information

Title: Soo Line Historical and Technical Society Records
Inclusive Dates: 1909, 1915-1988

Creator:

• Soo Line Historical and Technical Society

Call Number: M89-219

Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records (1909, 1915-1988) of the Soo Line Historical and Technical Society (SLHTS), a volunteer organization formed to document and preserve information about the Soo Line Railroad. Records include SLHTS journals, Soo Line Railroad Company shareholders’ reports, publications, and system maps; reports for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul and Sault Ste. Marie (MStP&SSM) and Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic (DSS&A) Railroads; and blueprints containing specifications for the development of a coaling station in Mellen, Wisconsin; as well as for railway equipment such as wheel gauges, sign standardization, fencing and barriers and signal posts. The collection also includes photographs of Soo Line trains, crossings and stations, and track laying.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m89219

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