Details: This lot includes one or more original, antique financial ledgers from Northeast American railroad history. This ledger came from the estate of an Upstate New York history professor who built a specialized research library in the Cooperstown area, about railroad history and published works on the subject. Included in this lot:

Number of Ledgers: 1

Years Represented: 1854 - 1861

Railroad Company or Station: New York & Harlem Railroad Company.

The New York and Harlem Railroad (now the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line) was one of the first railroads in the United States, and was the world's first street railway.[1][2] Designed by John Stephenson, it was opened in stages between 1832 and 1852 between Lower Manhattan to and beyond Harlem. Initially using horses, the line was partially converted to use steam engines and then electricity, using a battery-powered Julien electric traction car.[3][4][5] In 1907 the then leaseholders of line, New York City Railway went into receivership. Following a further receivership in 1932 the New York Railways Corporation converted the line to bus operation. The Murray Hill Tunnel now carries a lane of road traffic, but not the buses.

The line became part of the New York Central Railroad system with trackage rights granted to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad into Manhattan. It is now part of the Metro-North Railroad system, and the only Manhattan trackage of that system.

Dimensions: approx 15.25†x 10.75â€

Categories Include but are not limited to Sundries, Transportation, New locomotives, Motive Power, Road Masters, Rails, Spikes, Chains, Frogs &B Switches, Repairs of Rails, Lumber, Repairs and Remodel of Bridges, Damage to Cattle, Salaries, Taxes, and Legal Expenses.

Condition / Notes: This ledger shows nicely with period patina. The binding is disbound with age/wear indications externally, concentrated at the extremities. The pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered marks/toning.

The stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $19.50