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Two Yosemite Short Line Railway Company Bonds (123449)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:120.00 - 200.00 USD
Two Yosemite Short Line Railway Company Bonds  (123449)
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70.00USD+ (17.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 Dec 17 @ 12:09UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Numbers 3119 and 3136. Issued in 1905. singed by secretary John Hancock and president FJ Selinsky. $100 forty year mortgage sinking bond. Both have coupons 9-40. Both in very nice condition. The Yosemite Short Line Railway was a 2 foot 6 inch narrow gauge railway constructed in the Yosemite region of California. The plan was to construct a railway 60 miles long, serving logging interests and tourists visiting the Yosemite National Park. Construction commenced in 1905 but construction was abandoned due to the financial crisis caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, with only 8.5 miles constructed. The railway was abandoned by 1917. Locomotive power was provided by two Porter 0-4-0T steam locomotives.

Date: 1905
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: Yosemite
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

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