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This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, located on the east edge of Alma, Kansas. The one-story building was constructed in 1880 as the depot for the Manhattan, Alma and Burlingame Railroad, which was the first railroad in Wabaunsee County. The first vote for a $100,000 bond to bring rail service to Wabaunsee County in 1866 failed, and growth in the county was very slow. In 1879, a $140,000 bond for the Manhattan, Alma and Burlingame Railroad passed, bringing the first rail service to the county in 1880. The railroad was later acquired by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe.
Date: 1955
Item Number: 221354
Holding Institution: Wabaunsee County Historical Society\Paul Gronquist\Hoots 52
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related - Depot
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame
Business and Industry - Railroad - Depots
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1950s - 1955
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Alma
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame
Transportation - Railroads - Depots
Type of Material - Photographs
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