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Southern Pacific Company

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Southern Pacific Company

[chartered 1884;] [Central Pacific Railway Company merged with the Southern Pacific Co. in 1959]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79079411
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Name Authority File
Collection Membership(s)
- Names Collection - Authorized Headings
- LC Names Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Southern Pacific Lines
- SP
Related Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn+79079411#skos:Concept
Earlier Established Forms
- Oregon Eastern Railway
Sources
- found: Hofsommer, D.L. The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985, c1986: CIP galley (The Southern Pacific Company and the Santa Fe Industries merged on Dec. 23, 1983 to form the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation)
- found: NUCMC data from Library of Congress, Manuscript Div. for Hudson, W.L. Papers, 1821-1889 (Pacific Mail Steamship Company)
- found: LC man. auth. cd. (hdg.: Pacific Mail Steamship Company; inc. 1848; 1900 Southern Pacific Company acquired a controlling interest)
- found: Diebert, T.S. Southern Pacific Company steam locomotive ... c1987: fwrd (SP)
- found: Britannica Online, June 18, 2007: Southern Pacific Railroad (acquired by the Union Pacific Corporation in 1996)
- found: NUCMC data from Lane County Historical Society for Gainey Jacoby diary, 1911-1912 (Oregon Eastern Railway merged into Southern Pacific Company ca. 1912)
General Notes
- [chartered 1884;] [Central Pacific Railway Company merged with the Southern Pacific Co. in 1959]
Change Notes
- 1979-07-25: new
- 2012-05-10: revised

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