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New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company


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    • Compagnie du Chemin de fer Grand-Nord de la Nouvelle-Orléans à Jackson
    • N.O., Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad Company
    • N.O., Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company
    • New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad Company
    • NOJ & GN
    • New Orleans, Jackson & Gt. Northern Railroad Company
    • Compagnie du grand chemin de fer de la Nlle.-Orléans, de Jackson et du nord
    • Cie. du chemin de fer grand central de la N.-O., de J. et du N.)
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        Stock companies
    • Associated Locale

        United States
    • Field of Activity

      Railroads

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    • found: Report of the N. O., Jackson and Great Northern Railroad Co. to the legislature of the state of Louisiana, 1857:p. [5] (New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company) cover and t.p. (N.O., Jackson and Great Northern Railroad Co.)
    • found: OCLC, Sept. 16, 2010(hdgs.: New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company; New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company; etc.; usage: New Orleans, Jackson & G. Northern R.R. Co.; New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company; New Orleans, Jackson & Gt Northern Railroad; Compagnie du Chemin de fer Grand-Nord de la Nouvelle-Orléans à Jackson; etc.)
    • found: LC Online Catalog, Sept. 16, 2010(hdg.: New Orleans, Jackson & Great northern railroad co.)
    • found: New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad shipment record, 1870-1873, OCLC Record #429047897field 545 (The New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company was chartered in both Louisiana and Mississippi to build a railroad from New Orleans, La., to Jackson, Miss. It received financial support from both state governments as well as private investors. Commencing construction in 1852, the line was completed to Canton, Miss., in March 1858.)
    • found: Foote, L. B. Bibliography of the official publications of Louisiana, 1803-1934(New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad Company; incorporated under Act 148 [of the La. legislature] in 1853)
    • found: Illinois Central Historical Society website, viewed online Nov. 14, 2008:(NOJ&GN was reorganized in 1877 as the New Orleans, Jackson & Northern then merged with the Central Mississippi to create the Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad in 1878)
    • found: Annual report of the New Orleans, Jackson & Gt. Northern Railroad Company to the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, 1867:Statement "A" (New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company)
    • found: Rapport annuel le la Compagnie du grand chemin de fer de la Nlle.-Orléans, de Jackson et du nord au Gouverneur de l'État de la Louisiane, 1860:table (Cie. du chemin de fer grand central de la N.-O., de J. et du N.)
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    • 2010-09-16: new
    • 2024-10-21: revised
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