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Six Chicago & Alton Railroad Bonds 107605

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Railroadiana, Trains Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:120.00 - 200.00 USD
Six Chicago & Alton Railroad Bonds  107605
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This item SOLD at 2019 Oct 07 @ 11:22UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of 6, five different. Three different issued in 1862 ($500, and two $1,000), cut-out cancels, locomotive and allegorical vignettes. Also, a $100 bond issued in 1899, punch cancelled, locomotive vignette; and two $100,000 issued in 1912, punch cancelled. The Joliet and Chicago Railroad was chartered February 15, 1855 and opened in 1856, continuing north and northeast from Joliet to downtown Chicago. It was leased by the Chicago & Mississippi, providing a continuous railroad from Alton to Chicago. In 1857 the C&M was reorganized as the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad, and another reorganization on October 10, 1862, produced the Chicago and Alton Railroad. The C&A chartered the Alton and St. Louis Railroad to extend the line to East St. Louis, opened in 1864, giving it a line from Chicago to East St. Louis. City: Chicago State: Illinois Date: 1862-1912