Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad

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19th-century railroad railroad company

The Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad was an early 19th-century American railroad that helped pioneer rail transportation in Maryland and Pennsylvania, eventually becoming part of the Northern Central Railway system.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Susquehanna Railroad	1
York and Cumberland Railroad	1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century railroad ⓘ railroad company ⓘ
category	defunct Maryland railroad ⓘ defunct Pennsylvania railroad ⓘ predecessor of the Northern Central Railway ⓘ
connectedTo	Baltimore rail network ⓘ rail lines in Pennsylvania ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	development of early American railroads ⓘ growth of transportation infrastructure in Maryland ⓘ growth of transportation infrastructure in Pennsylvania ⓘ
historicalEra	early 19th century ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
locatedIn	Maryland ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ
modeOfTransport	freight ⓘ passenger ⓘ
namedAfter	Baltimore ⓘ Susquehanna River ⓘ
notableFor	pioneering early rail transportation in Maryland ⓘ pioneering early rail transportation in Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOf	Northern Central Railway ⓘ
predecessorOf	Northern Central Railway ⓘ
railNetworkRole	early trunk line toward the Susquehanna River ⓘ
railwaySystem	Northern Central Railway ⓘ
regionServed	Maryland ⓘ Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States south-central Pennsylvania ⓘ
startPoint	Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	Northern Central Railway ⓘ surface form: Northern Central Railway system
transportType	rail transportation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Central Railway → predecessor → Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: York and Cumberland Railroad

Northern Central Railway → predecessor → Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Susquehanna Railroad