Name/Title
Documents about the Alameda Beltline, 1924-1927Entry/Object ID
2011.85.17Scope and Content
Accession No. 11.85.17
Subject Category: City of Alameda
Date or Period: 1924-1927
Object: Folder, file
Description: Tan legal size manila file folder. Folder tab has caption handwritten in black ink: ‘Alameda Beltline Railroad’. Front cover incorrectly states ‘statistics’.
L 14 3/4" x W 9".
History of Object: Documents, maps and proposed blueprints of the sale of the Alameda Beltline Railroad. Includes reports and cost estimates, opinions from affected businesses (Alameda Packers, California Packing Corporation), correspondence from committee members, as well as a September, 1924 summary with 3 basic points, including 1. Need for expansion; 2. Enabling entry of transcontinental rail traffic; 3. Repurchase by city at same cost upon notice of one year; also a Belt Line Chronology as per records of C.E. Hickok, City Manager.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Cataloged: December 21, 2011