HANOVER & YORK RAIL ROAD Stock 1881 York Co, PA. Hanover Branch RR. Inc 1847 VF+

Description

Hanover & York Rail Road Company. Stock issued February 21, 1881. Incorporated in 1873 in the State of Pennsylvania.
Embossed company seal lower center. Certificate
No. 625
was issued to
Samuel Shirk (former company treasurer)
for two shares of capital stock ( per share). Company capital was
0,000
. Hand signed by company
president John S. Young
and treasurer J. A. Clement.
Vignettes with a train pulling out of a station (top), railroad track workers with pickaxes (left), and a tiny ore cart in a mine entrance (bottom center).
The Hanover & York Rail Road, also known as the Hanover Branch Railroad, was incorporated in 1873 and was a short-line railroad in York County, Pennsylvania. The Hanover Branch Railroad was originally incorporated in 1847 and was the oldest portion of the Western Maryland Railway. The Hanover Branch connected with the Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad (later becoming the Northern Central Railway) and the Bachman Valley Railroad. In 1874 Hanover Branch merged with the Susquehanna, Gettysburg & Potomac Railway (successor to the Gettysburg Railroad) to form the Hanover Junction, Hanover & Gettysburg Railroad.
Condition:  Very Fine+
, light folds, minor creasing, no tears, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
punch and slit cancelled.
Printer:
A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore.
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