Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad

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railroad short line railroad

The Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad was an early 20th-century Nevada short line that served the mining boom towns of Tonopah and Goldfield, transporting ore, supplies, and passengers across the desert.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Nevada Short Line Railway 1

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad ⓘ
short line railroad ⓘ
connectedTo Goldfield mining district NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tonopah mining district NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicRole facilitating town development ⓘ
supporting mining operations ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
industry mining ⓘ
locatedIn Esmeralda County, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nye County, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatingEnvironment arid climate ⓘ
primaryFunction freight transportation ⓘ
ore transportation ⓘ
passenger transportation ⓘ
region central Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedAreaType mining boom towns ⓘ
servedAs link between remote mining camps and supply centers ⓘ
servedCity Goldfield, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tonopah, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Nevada ⓘ
terrain desert ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
transported ore ⓘ
passengers ⓘ
supplies ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Goldfield → hadRailConnection → Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Goldfield, Nevada
Goldfield → hadRailConnection → Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Goldfield, Nevada
this entity surface form: Nevada Short Line Railway