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California Belt Railway Co (77236)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
California Belt Railway Co  (77236)
SOLD
70.00USD+ (17.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2019 Mar 10 @ 16:08UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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1,000 shares @ $10 each of California Belt Railway Co. cert #131 issued to Anne De Vry on Sept 26, 1885. 9x4 certificate with black border. 2 vignettes 1) train on track with smoke coming out of stack 2) person holding flag behind them and holding a round wreath over head. CA Gold Rush of 1849 transformed SF into a bustling port town. In 1890, the harbor commission built the State Belt Railroad, to improve flow of goods up and down the waterfront by serving the piers and linking them with the outlying commercial warehouses and railroads. State Belt Railroad purpose was to serve the waterfront's commercial shipping activities. As the city changed and grew so did the length and scope of the railroad. During World War I, in an effort to support the military's shipping needs, a railroad tunnel was constructed to extend the Belt Railroad out to the Fort Mason Army post. By 1917, the railroad expanded to Presidio Army Base. At the height of the State Belt Railroad, 67 miles of track were in service. Use of the railroad slowed as Oakland became major Bay Area shipping port. In 1969, the railroad was renamed the SF Belt Railroad after sale by the state of the waterfront property rights to the city. By 1993 the railroad co. had gone out of business and the much of the tracks abandoned. Prag collection.

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