CINCINNATI HAMILTON & DAYTON Ry LANTERN A&W CO. "ADLAKE" RELIABLE CH&D Ry 1897

Description

CINCINNATI HAMILTON & DAYTON RAILWAY
This is a nice piece of vintage Railroad History made by
ADAMS & WESTLAKE COMPANY
for the
CINCINNATI HAMILTON & DAYTON RAILWAY
. This DOUBLE WIRE lantern is marked
THE ADAMS & WESTLAKE CO. NEW YORK CHICAGO PHILA. "ADLAKE" RELIABLE C.H & D. Ry.
PAT'D
SEPT. 21,1897.
last date
JULY 2,1912
.
The Corning clear glass globe is etched
C H & D Ry
embossed
Cnx
.  No cracks some small surface chips around rims. No burner or font. The frame has some small dents and surface rust.
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Thanks for looking.
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1846–1917)
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Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
Overview
Locale
Ohio
Dates of operation
1846–1917
Successor
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft
8
+
1
⁄
2
in
(
1,435 mm
)
standard gauge
Previous gauge
originally
4 ft 10 in
(
1,473 mm
) Some predecessor roads
3 ft
(
914 mm
)
Not to be confused with the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
, an Ohio interurban of exactly the same name which existed between 1926 and 1930.
Interior of a Pullman dining car on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, 1894
Map of the C H and D RR in 1873, D and M RR is in red; C H and D in yellow.
Trust certificate of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company, issued 8. June 1883
The
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
(
CH&D
) was a
railroad
based in the U.S. state of
Ohio
that existed between its incorporation on March 2, 1846, and its acquisition by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
in December 1917. It was originally chartered to build from
Cincinnati
to
Hamilton, Ohio
, and then to
Dayton
, a distance of 59 mi (95 km); further construction and acquisition extended the railroad, and by 1902 it owned or controlled 640 mi (1,030 km) of railroad. Its stock and bond value plunged in late 1905 after "financial mismanagement of the properties" was revealed.
[1]
Contents
1
Acquisitions
2
The CH&D in Lima, Ohio
3
See also
4
References
5
External links
Acquisitions
[
edit
]
Map of the CH&D in 1896
The original CH&D was founded by John Alexander Collins, who was born on June 8, 1815 in Staffordshire, England. He came to the US as a child in 1825, and worked as a locomotive engineer until moving to Ohio in 1851 to open the CH&D. Collins remained with the line until 1872, six years before his death in
Covington, Kentucky
. Collins is buried in
Woodland Cemetery
in
Dayton
, where his tombstone details his life and its work.
The railway received a charter from the State of Ohio on March 2, 1846 as the "Cincinnati and Hamilton Railroad". The name was changed by the legislature to the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway on February 8, 1847.
[2]
Work on the road began in 1850, and by September of that year the
right of way
had been obtained between Cincinnati and Hamilton, with the right of way between Hamilton and Dayton being sought. The road was graded by this time as well, since iron for the rails had arrived.
[3]
By May 1851, the entire right of way was purchased and grading along the entire route finished.
[4]
The first trains ran on September 18, 1851: Two special inaugural trains from Dayton met two special inaugural trains from Cincinnati at Hamilton.
[5]
On May 1, 1863, the CH&D leased the
Dayton and Michigan Railroad
in perpetuity. In 1891, it acquired the
Cincinnati, Dayton and Chicago Railroad
, while in March of that year it added the
Cincinnati, Dayton and Ironton Railroad
.
In 1886 the CH&D was among the railroads controlled by the financial speculator
Henry S. Ives
before his spectacular collapse the following year.