Date processed:
11/1/2004
Processed By: TB / MTO
Repository Information
Archives of Wiregrass History & Culture
Troy University--Dothan Campus
P.O. Box 8368
Dothan, AL 36304Website: http://dothan.troy.edu/archives
Ph: 334-983-6556 x-327
E-mail: Archivist Dr. Martin T. Olliff <molliff@troy.edu>
Administrative Information
Accession: 033-04-0405
Extent: 5.5 cu ft
Historical Sketch: [Ashford Depot]: Ashford, Alabama, is a small town in southeast Houston County. For most of its history, it was a center for naval store production, pulpwood harvesting, and cotton agriculture. In March 1888, the Alabama Midland Railway built a small depot of Victorian railroad architecture in Ashford to be a waystation along the Bainbridge-to-Montgomery route. The depot was the only building to survive the 1915 fire that destroyed the rest of the town.
The original depot received additions at least twice—an enclosed warehouse and open loading dock were added to the east, followed by racially-segregated passenger waiting rooms on the west side. The depot faced two sidings that served for loading turpentine from the Adams Company still 1 block away, and pulpwood. Cotton bales, fertilizer, and a single sweet potato crop were loaded from both sidings.
The depot changed hands as railroads consolidated. The Alabama Midland was absorbed by the Atlantic Coast Line which merged in the 1980s with Seaboard Air Line to form the Seaboard Coast Line. CSX bought Seaboard Coast Line after the Ashford Depot fell into disuse.
Ashford depot fell into disrepair after it closed in 1978. In the 1980s, concerned citizens founded a preservation committee and received a grant to add a new roof to the building. This committee also placed the depot on the Alabama Register of Historical Places. It remained active into the 1990s.
Mayor Bobby Alloway revived the depot preservation committee after his 2000 election. This committee will incorporate and seek tax-exempt status in 2005. It has received two US Department of Transportation grants ($850,000), two Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs grants ($290,000), and one Alabama Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) grant ($7500) to thoroughly renovate the depot. Construction began in Fall 2004. The Committee and Ashford City officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony on November 17, 2005, to mark the end of Phase I of the reconstruction.
Scope / Content Note: Contains business forms, instruction manuals, operational instructions, internal memoranda, tariff guides, railroad regulations, contracts and agreements for rights-of-way, etc., photographs, ledgers, and artifacts all related to the operations of the Atlantic Coast Line depot in Ashford, Ala., and the tracks leading into and out of Ashford.
Organization: Organized into 7 series: 1. Administrative Files; 2. Division Files; 3. Agreements; 4. Photographs; 5. Ledgers; 6. Artifacts; 7. Miscellaneous.
Provenance: In preparation for the 2004 renovation, the Committee donated these accumulated records to the Archives of Wiregrass History and Culture at Troy University—Dothan Campus with the stipulation that they be allowed long-term loans of materials for display in the Depot Museum. Committee Records will be turned over to the AWHC in 2005
Processing Notes: AWHC Processors imposed order onto the Depot and Historical Records. Town of Ashford Records were removed and placed into a discrete, self-titled collection numbered RG 044.
Access Limits? Open per Donor Agreement signed Nov. 17, 2005. Certain files restricted because of privacy issues
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File I.D. |
File Label |
Year |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
001 |
Atlantic Coast Line News - Nov/Dec 1960 - Dedication Issue |
1960 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
002 |
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Telephone Directory |
1959 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
003 |
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Safety Rules [Book] |
1965 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
004 |
Blank Forms |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
005 |
Blank Forms - Original Freight Bill |
n.d. |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
006 |
Claims - Freight |
1963 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
007 |
Employees - Daily Time Report - RESTRICTED ACCESS |
1973 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
008 |
Envelopes |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
009 |
Freight Waybills |
1972 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
010 |
Henderson, T.R. -- Ashford Station Agent |
1966 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
011 |
Instructions -- Billing Requirements of Hazardous Materials in Rail Transportation -- See Also BOE-6000-A |
1981 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
012 |
Instructions -- Teleprocessing Procedures on the Family Lines System |
n.d. |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
013 |
Local Zoning Ordinances |
1961 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
014 |
Miscellaneous Papers |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
015 |
National Railway Historical Society -- The Bulletin, v.37#3 (1972), v.38#1 (1973) |
1972, 1973 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
016 |
Official List of Open & Prepay Stations [Supplements], 1984-1985 |
1984 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
017 |
Official List of Open & Prepay Stations -- Master Tariff RRRA No. 1 |
1976 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
018 |
Official List of Open & Prepay Stations -- NRB Tariff 1-C [incomplete] |
n.d. |
|
033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
019 |
Repetitive Waybill Coding -- Data Entry Introduction & Instructions |
n.d. |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
020 |
Reports -- Cars on Hand, Cars Loaded, Train Movements [Folder 1 of 2] |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
021 |
Reports -- Cars on Hand, Cars Loaded, Train Movements [Folder 2 of 2] |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
022 |
Seaboard System Railroad -- Birmingham Division -- Timetable No. 1 [1983] |
1983 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
023 |
SOP -- Billing System Update |
1977 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
024 |
Uniform Express Receipts |
1966 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
025 |
Western Union Form [Blank] -- Movement of Rail Shipments under ODT-QMR Block Permits |
1943? |
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File I.D. |
File Label |
Year |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
026 |
Agent R.M. Graziano's Tariff No. 30 -- [HazMat Regs of the Dept. of Transportation] -- Specifications for Shipping Containers |
1975 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
027 |
Bureau of Explosive -- Tariff No. BOE-6000-A [Folder 1 of 2] |
1980 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
028 |
Bureau of Explosive -- Tariff No. BOE-6000-A [Folder 2 of 2] |
1981 |
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|
033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
029 |
The Official Railway Guide -- North American Freight Service Edition, July/August 1983 |
1983 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
030 |
The Official Railway Guide -- North American Freight Service Edition, Nov/Dec 1984 |
1984 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
031 |
Official Railway Equipment Register -- U.S., Canadian, & Mexican Railroads -- 1970 |
1970 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
032 |
Railway Line Clearances -- Issue No. 185 |
1975 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
033 |
Railway Line Clearances -- Issue No. 186 -- Annual Issue, June 1976, with Supplements |
1976 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
034 |
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau -- Freight Tariff 201-G -- Freight Distance Table |
1974 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
035 |
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau -- Freight Tariff 201-G -- Freight Distance Table -- Supplements, 1975-1979 [incomplete] |
1975 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
036 |
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau -- Freight Tariff 240-K -- Iron Tariff -- Supplements, 1974-1977 [incomplete] |
1974 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
001 |
037 |
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau -- Freight Tariff 243-O -- Scrap Iron Tariff -- Supplements, 1975-1977 [incomplete] |
1975 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
002 |
001 |
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau -- Freight Tariff 351-P -- Sulphuric Acid Tariff, 1975 |
1975 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
002 |
002 |
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau -- Freight Tariff 388-L -- Sand, Gravel & Stone Tariff -- Supplements, 1977-1978 [incomplete] |
1977 |
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033 |
04-0405 |
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