Overview
| Repository | Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201 |
| Creator | Office of the Mayor |
| Title | Railroad Grade Separations in Dallas |
| Dates | 1915-1917 |
| Quantity | 1 linear inch |
| Abstract | Correspondence, ordinances, and newspaper clippings. |
| Identification | 1991-032 |
| Language | Records are in English |
Scope and Content
Collection documents the City of Dallas’ 1915-1917 attempts to correct safety deficits in railroad grade crossings within the city through collaboration with several railroads. Grade separation is the process of aligning a junction of two or more transport axes at different heights (grades) such that they do not disrupt the flow of traffic on one another when they cross. This is achieved by building bridges over or tunnels under the crossing site, allowing roads, railways and canals to pass another without interrupting the flow of traffic. A junction which is grade-separated is called an interchange, as opposed to an intersection which is not grade-separated; a lack of grade separation is described as "at-grade".
The collection contains primarily correspondence between City of Dallas Mayor Henry D. Lindsley (1872-1938) and officials representing the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, The Houston and Texas Central Railroad, and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway regarding the maintenance or elimination of grade crossings in Dallas. A draft ordinance and newspaper clippings concerning grade crossings is also included.
Organization
The collection is arranged by correspondent or corporate body.
Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.
Citation
Railroad Grade Separations in Dallas, 1915-1917 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related Materials
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Index Terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Railroad crossings -- United States -- Safety measures
Container List
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence between F. G. Pettibone and Henry D. Lindsley, regarding separation of grades, Belt Line Railroad, 1916
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| | 2 | Correspondence between John Findley Wallace and Henry D. Lindsley regarding Belt Line Railroad, 1915-1916
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| 3 | Correspondence between E. B. Cushing and Henry D. Lindsley regarding separation of grades, 1916
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| | 4 | Correspondence between F. G. Pettibone and Henry D. Lindsley regarding Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad, 1916
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| | 5 | Draft ordinance regulating grade crossings and correspondence, newspaper clippings, and memoranda of Henry D. Lindsley regarding proposed grade crossing ordinance, 1915-1916
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| | 6 | Correspondence between John J. Simmons and Henry D. Lindsley regarding industrial zone along belt line, 1916
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| | 7 | Correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, and memoranda of Henry D. Lindsley regarding grade crossings in Dallas, 1916-1917
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