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James A. Millholland Collection, 1866-1899

July 23, 2014
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Inventor Name

Millholland, James A.

Repository

National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Center
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 601/Room 1100
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-3270
http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives

Physical Description

0.3 cubic ft.

Summary

Millholland was a railroad executive: General Manager and later President of the George's Creek and Cumberland Railroad, Cumberland, Maryland. His father, James Millholland, 1812-1875, railway master mechanic, is well known for his invention of many railway mechanisms. Several of his innovations were adopted as standard practice by the railroad industry. His association with the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company as master machinist spanned fifty years in the early development of the American railroad. Biographical material, including notebooks, 1866, 1873, 1882, and 1886; correspondence, 1867-1899, both from and to James A. Millholland regarding a trip to England and purchase and shipment of railroad rails; photographs; blueprints, drawings, and templates of rail head sections, wheel flanges, and locomotive tires, 1884-1905; and news clippings regarding Millholland's patents and locomotive engines.

Finding Aid

http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/d8163.htm

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