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The railroad of the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, herein called the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, is a partly double-track line extending from Harrisburg to Shippensburg, Pa., a distance of 45.856 miles, including a branch from Shippensburg to Lurgan, Pa., and short branches at Cleversburg and Boiling Springs, Pa.


CORPORATE HISTORY

The Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh was incorporated August 12, 1890, under the general laws of Pennsylvania. [...]

No. Name Incorporation Succession
1 Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. Under general laws of Pennsylvania, Aug. 12, 1890.
2 The Harrisburg Terminal Railroad Company. Under general laws of Pennsylvania, June 3, 1889. Consolidated with 3 to form 1, Aug. 12, 1890.
3 The Harrisburg and Shippensburg Railroad Company. Under general laws of Pennsylvania, July 23, 1890. Consolidated with 2 to form 1, Aug. 12, 1890.
4 Harrisburg and Potomac Railroad Company. See 5. Sold at foreclosure and conveyed to 3, July 22, 1890.
5 Miramar Iron Company. Special act of Pennsylvania, May 30, 1870. Name changed to 4, Dec. 4, 1871.
DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY

The mileage owned by the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, amounting to 45.856 miles, was acquired by consolidation and construction as follows:

Consolidation of—
The Harrisburg and Shippensburg Railroad Company—
Shippensburg Bowmansdale Aug. 13, 1890 32.02
Branch lines 2.95
The Harrisburg Terminal Railroad Company-
Bowmansdale (in course of construction when acquired). Harrisburg Aug. 13, 1890 9.00
Construction:
[?] 1.85
Total 45.82
Difference between total recorded mileage and mileage inventoried as of date of valuation .036
Mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 45.856

Construction of the 9 miles of road between Bowmansdale and Harrisburg was begun by The Harrisburg Terminal Railroad Company and was completed and placed in operation by the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh in 1891.