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Findlay, Ft Wayne & Western First Mortgage Gold Bond

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:37.50 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 150.00 USD
Findlay, Ft Wayne & Western First Mortgage Gold Bond
SOLD
40.00USD+ (10.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2018 Oct 22 @ 16:23UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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First gold mortgage bond for $1,000. Principle due on Jan 1, 1943. Signed by David Morris, president. All coupons. Line began in 1887 by the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad. Ft. Wayne was reached in 1895 called the New York, Mahoning and Western Railroad. After several name changes, it became the Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railroad, connected to the T&OC West Division in Findlay, and to the Pennsylvania and Wabash Railroads on the east side of Fort Wayne. Rail line needed for the demand for natural gas in the late 19th century by Findlay. This short-lived line once ran between Findlay, Ohio and Fort Wayne. The FF&W also had passenger service, including a Pullman car via the Pennsylvania Railroad. The line entered Indiana at Baldwin, then preceded to pass through Townley, basically paralleling north of today's US 30. The line ended at the Wabash Railroad near Winter St. The FF&W was abandoned in 1919. but still some remains in the area. Ken Prag Collecton City: State: Date: HWAC# 75847