The regionAQuotation found on a page of our own sources

November 1873

The Wisconsin Central leased the Milwaukee & Northern line from Schwartzburg to Menasha and the Green Bay branch for 999 years.

Meanwhile, closer to home

BeloitOctober 1873Month

A stock company for the manufacture of the Doty axle was organized with a capital of $500,000.

BeloitOctober 26, 1873

The Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Industrial Association was organized at Beloit.

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The evidence

The regionNovember 1873

The Wisconsin Central leased the Milwaukee & Northern line from Schwartzburg to Menasha and the Green Bay branch for 999 years.

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Under this act the construction company contracted with the Wisconsin Central railroad company, to build its line of road from Menasha to Lake Superior. In November, 1873, the Wisconsin Central leased of the Milwaukee & Northern company its line of road extending from Schwartzburg to Menasha, and the branch to Green Bay, for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, and also acquired the rights of the latter company to use the track of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul company between Schwartzburg and Milwaukee, and to depot facilities in Milwaukee.

Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.PDF p. 175 / book p. 179

1873 / November

The regionA

November 1873

The Wisconsin Central leased the Milwaukee & Northern line from Schwartzburg to Menasha and the Green Bay branch for 999 years.

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The evidence

The regionNovember 1873

The Wisconsin Central leased the Milwaukee & Northern line from Schwartzburg to Menasha and the Green Bay branch for 999 years.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Under this act the construction company contracted with the Wisconsin Central railroad company, to build its line of road from Menasha to Lake Superior. In November, 1873, the Wisconsin Central leased of the Milwaukee & Northern company its line of road extending from Schwartzburg to Menasha, and the branch to Green Bay, for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, and also acquired the rights of the latter company to use the track of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul company between Schwartzburg and Milwaukee, and to depot facilities in Milwaukee.