1548 records – page 1 of 78.

91st Battalion Departure, 1916

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives153559
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Scott Studio fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1916
Storage Location
Box 140, Envelope 95453 (Negative 4 of 6)
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Scott Studio fonds
Description Level
Item
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
Box 140, Envelope 95453 (Negative 4 of 6)
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1916
Publication
Published to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter on March 15, 2023.
Scope and Content
View of the crowd assembled at the Michigan Central Railway Station, June 25, 1916 to witness the departure of the 91st Battalion, C.E.F. enroute to Halifax, Nova Scotia and transport to England. The photographer has etched this caption on the negative: "Crowd assembled at depot to bid Farewell to 91st Btn". View is looking northeast and includes businesses on the north side of Talbot Street, including the Chant Sperrin Dry Goods store on the northeast corner of Talbot and Manitoba Streets (801 Talbot Street), George W. Durkee, auctioneer (773), Bertrand A. Sumner, confectioner (779) - "Fresh Candy" on store awning, and the International Hotel (819-825). Balaclava Street Public School and Grace Methodist Church (after 1925, Grace United Church) are also partially visible. Several men have risked electrocution to climb a hydro pole for a better view.
Down the Street to Yesterday Zone 34 (Horton to Manitoba)
Down the Street to Yesterday Zone 35 (Manitoba to Alma)
Down the Street to Yesterday Zone 36 (Alma to Balaclava)
Name Access
St. Thomas (Ont.)
91st Battalion
Michigan Central Railway
Michigan Central Railroad
Subject Access
First World War
91st Battalion
Soldiers
Military
Railways
Hotels
Departure of the 91st Battalion from St. Thomas, June 25, 1916
Website / Street View Notes
Link directs to a Facebook post featuring the image.
Websites
Images
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Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad and the City of St. Thomas

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives163474
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1912-1919
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F43
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F43
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F43
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1912-1919
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and the Corporation of the City of St. Thomas (lessee), effective March 1, 1919. Also includes related correspondence and a plan showing the land to be leased to the City of St. Thomas, dated February 6, 1912.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
New York Central Railroad
Subject Access
Railways
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Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and D.L. Shafer (lessee)

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162832
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1912
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F22
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F22
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F22
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1912
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property, dated May 1, 1912, between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and D.L. Shafer (lessee) regarding property on Moore Street in St. Thomas, Ontario. Permission is granted for the lessee to use the dwelling on the property as a carpenter shop. File also includes a plan, dated April 1, 1912, showing the land leased to D.L. Shafer.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
St. Thomas (Ont.)
Subject Access
Railways
Business and Industry
Documents
Less detail

Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and Henry Lindop (lessee)

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162830
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1912
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F20
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F20
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F20
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1912
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
1 document
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property, dated May 1, 1912, between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and Henry Lindop (lessee) regarding a property on Moore Street, near Amelia Street, in St. Thomas. The railway grants permission for Lindop to lease the property for the storage of lumber. File also contains a plan, dated April 1, 1912, showing the land leased to Henry Lindop, noted on the plan as "Lindop's Planing Mill".
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
St. Thomas (Ont.)
Subject Access
Railways
Business and Industry
Documents
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Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and M.B. Johnson & Son (lessee), 1919

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162838
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1918-1919
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F29
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F29
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F29
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1918-1919
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property, dated January 2, 1919, between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and M.B. Johnson & Son (lessee). The agreement grants Marshall Brewster Johnson and Angus William Jonhson, copartners doing business as M.B. Johnson and Son, permission to lease a parcel of land located on Centre Street, between White and Southwick Streets in St. Thomas, Ontario, for the storage of lumber. File also contains a plan, dated November 28, 1918, showing the subject property.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
St. Thomas (Ont.)
Subject Access
Railways
Business and Industry
Documents
Less detail

Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and Robert Hardy (lessee)

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162837
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1917
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F27
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F27
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F27
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1917
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property, dated December 1, 1917, between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and Robert Hardy (lessee). The abstract grants Hardy permission to lease a parcel of property from the railway for use as a site for stock scales, which other shippers were permitted to use in exchange for a per-use payment. File also includes a plan, dated October 21, 1908, showing the land leased to Robert Hardy, specifically the south part of Lot 12, Range 5, in the Township of Delaware, Middlesex County.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
St. Thomas (Ont.)
Subject Access
Railways
Documents
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Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and the City of St. Thomas (lessee), 1921

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162846
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1921
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F30
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F30
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F30
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1921
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property, dated December 13, 1921, between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and the City of St. Thomas (lessee). The agreement grants the city permission to lease a parcel of land located on Centre Street, between Stanley and Church Streets in St. Thomas, Ontario, to be used as a site for a platform and car barns. File also contains a plan, dated November 23, 1921, showing the subject property.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
St. Thomas (Ont.)
Subject Access
Railways
Business and Industry
Documents
Less detail

Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and the Griffin Coal and Ice Company (lessee)

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162833
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1913-1915
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F23
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F23
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F23
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1913-1915
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property, dated December 1, 1913, between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) the Griffin Coal and Ice Company (lessee) regarding property in St. Thomas, Ontario. Permission is granted for the lessee to use the property for buildings encroaching on the land owned by the Michigan Central Railroad, near Centre and Railway Streets. File also includes a plan, dated January 7, 1915, showing the property leased to the Griffin Coal and Ice Company.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
St. Thomas (Ont.)
Griffin Coal and Ice Company Ltd.
Subject Access
Railways
Business and Industry
Related Material
R4 S5 Sh2 B4 F1: Part of the Correspondence subseries of the Michigan Central Railroad records series; contains internal correspondence from the Michigan Central Railroad regarding the Griffin Coal and Ice Company obtaining rights to harvest ice on Pinafore Lake.
Documents
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Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and William Southcott (lessee), 1911

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162809
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
June 1, 1911
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F14
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F14
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F14
GMD
textual records
Date Range
June 1, 1911
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property, dated June 1, 1911, between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and William Southcott, for a parcel of land near Clarence Street in London, Ontario, to be used as a site for a coal yard. File also contains a plan showing the property leased to Southcott.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
London (Ont.)
Subject Access
Railways
Land Records
Less detail

Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad, Marshall Brewster Johnson and Angus William Johnson

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives163476
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1919
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F46
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F46
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F46
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1919
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the Michigan Central Railroad (lessor) and Marhsall Brewster Johnson and Angus William Johnson, doing business as M.B. Johnson & Son (lessee), dated January 2, 1919.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
Subject Access
Railways
Less detail

Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the New York Central Railroad (lessor) and Ellis and Howard Ltd. (lessee)

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162847
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1954-1955
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F32
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F32
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F32
GMD
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1954-1955
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.2 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property, dated March 1, 1954, between the New York Central Railroad (lessor) and Ellis and Howard Limited (lessee). The agreement grants the company permission to lease property owned by the railway to be used in connection with adjoining premises controlled by the lessee under lease from the lessor. File also contains a plan, dated February 9, 1954, showing the site in London, Ontario, near Colborne and Bathurst Streets; plan shows the New York Central Railroad freight house and shed, the Facey Coal Co. lease and the Ellis and House Ltd. building. File also includes correspondence and tax assessments for the years 1954-1955.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
New York Central Railroad
London (Ont.)
Subject Access
Railways
Business and Industry
Documents
Less detail

Abstract of Lease of Company Property between the New York Central Railroad (lessor) and W.J. Laing (lessee), 1930

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162807
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1930-1931
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F13
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F13
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F13
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1930-1931
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
2 plans
Scope and Content
File contains an Abstract of Lease of Company Property, dated May 3, 1930, between the New York Central Railroad (lessor) and W.J. Laing (lessee) for property in Melbourne, Ontario, specifically Lot 1, Range 1, North of Longwoods Road, Middlesex County. File also contains two slightly different copies of the plan showing the property leased to Mr. W.J. Laing, dated February 4, 1930. File also includes correspondence associated with the transaction, as well as correspondence regarding the cancellation of the lease in 1931.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
New York Central Railroad
Middlesex (Ont. : County)
Canada Southern Railway
Subject Access
Railways
Land Records
Documents
Less detail

Abstract of Lease of Property between the New York Central Railroad (lessor) and Clifford Grosvenor (lessee)

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162816
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1951-1957
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F17
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F17
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F17
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1951-1957
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.2 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement between the New York Central Railroad (lessor) and Clifford Grosvenor (lessee) regarding a parcel of land in Melbourne, Ontario, leased to Grosvenor for receiving, storing and distributing agricultural implements. File also includes tax statements for the property and a plan, dated December 7, 1951, showing the proposed property lease to Clifford Grosvenor.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
New York Central Railroad
Subject Access
Railways
Land Records
Documents
Less detail

Abstract of Lease of Property between the New York Central Railroad (lessor) and Thomas Johnstone (lessee)

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162819
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1939-1958
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F18
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F18
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F18
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1939-1958
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.2 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement between the New York Central Railroad (lessor) and Thomas Johnstone / Thomas Johnstone Fuel and Ice Company (lessee) regarding the lease of a parcel of land in St. Thomas, Ontario, located near Wellington Street and First Avenue, beside the St. Thomas Bronze Company. File also contains a plan showing the subject property, dated September 18, 1939. File also contains tax assessments for the property, as well as correspondence regarding the lease and the lessee not paying taxes.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
New York Central Railroad
St. Thomas (Ont.)
First Avenue
Wellington Street
St. Thomas Bronze Company
Subject Access
Railways
Land Records
Documents
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Aerial Photograph - Canada Southern (CASO) Railway station in St. Thomas, Ontario

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives161284
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1940s
Accession Number
2016-30
Storage Location
R4 S5 Sh3 B7 F10 3
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
Item
File Number
R4 S5 Sh3 B6 F10
Accession Number
2016-30
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S5 Sh3 B7 F10 3
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1940s
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Photographs series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Aerial view of St. Thomas, Ontario featuring the Canada Southern Railway station and the St. Thomas water tower.
Name Access
Canada Southern Railway
Michigan Central Railway
Michigan Central Railroad
St. Thomas (Ont.)
Subject Access
Aerial Photographs
Images
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Agreement between the Canada Southern Railway and Richard Taylor, 1895

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162815
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1940
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F16
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F16
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F16
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1940
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
1 document
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement between the Canada Southern Railway and Richard Taylor, dated March 20, 1895, in which the railway grants Taylor permission to lay a water pipe across the right of way and under tracks in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
Canada Southern Railway
Subject Access
Railways
Land Records
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Agreement between the Canada Southern Railway and William Shirton, 1889

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162780
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
March 27, 1889
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F2
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F2
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F2
GMD
textual records
Date Range
March 27, 1889
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Filed internally by the Michigan Central Railroad as File No. 6601, this file contains a memorandum of agreement between the Canada Southern Railway and William Shirton, a brickmaker and resident of the Township of Moulton in the County of Haldimand. The agreement is dated March 27, 1889 and states that the Canada Southern Railway agrees to erect a gate between Shirton's brickyard and the railway company's grounds to allow Shirton to haul brick to railway cars for shipment.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
Subject Access
Railways
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Agreement between the Michigan Central Railroad and D.R. Farquarson, 1893

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162778
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1893
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F1
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F1
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F1
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1893
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.1 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Filed internally by the Michigan Central Railroad as File No. 6584, this file contains an agreement between D.R. Farquarson and the Michigan Central Railroad, permitting Farquarson to lay pipe in Concession 6, Lot 8 in Tilbury east. Also includes correspondence relating to the agreement from A. Torrey, Chief Engineer of the Michigan Central Railroad.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
Subject Access
Railways
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Agreement between the Michigan Central Railroad and the Township of Yarmouth for new subways at Ross Street and First Avenue in St. Thomas, Ontario

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162793
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1908
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F6
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F6
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F6
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1908
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.2 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement between the Michigan Central Railroad and the Corporation of the Township of Yarmouth. The agreement approves the application of the Michigan Central Railroad to divert and widen Ross Street and build a subway, and to divert and widen First Avenue, and to build a new subway west of the old subway. Includes a plan showing the proposed subway on Ross Street in St. Thomas, Ontario, dated May 1908.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
Yarmouth (Ont. : Township)
St. Thomas (Ont.)
Ross Street
First Avenue
Subject Access
Railways
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Agreement between the New York Central Railroad Company and the West Lorne Lumber Company

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives162803
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1951-1956
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F11
Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Ken Verrell Collection
Description Level
File
File Number
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F11
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 107
Storage Location
R4 S6 Sh3 B4 F11
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1951-1956
Series
Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
Physical Description
0.2 cm of textual records
1 plan
Scope and Content
File contains a lease agreement, dated October 1, 1951, between the New York Central Railroad Company and the West Lorne Lumber Company, allowing the lumber company to lease property as a site to sort and store lumber. File also includes a plan showing the proposed temporary lease, dated September 27, 1951, as well as correspondence associated with the transaction. Correspondence contains discussion about property tax assessment.
Name Access
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railway
New York Central Railroad
Subject Access
Railways
Documents
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1548 records – page 1 of 78.