International–Great Northern Railroad

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The International–Great Northern Railroad was a historic Texas railroad that played a key role in the development of transportation and commerce across the state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Label Occurrences
International–Great Northern Railroad canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
acquiredBy Missouri Pacific Railroad ⓘ
connectedTo Missouri Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Texas and Pacific Railway ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endOfOperation 1956 ⓘ
eraOfProminence early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Houston and Great Northern Railroad ⓘ
International Railroad ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Palestine, Texas ⓘ
inception 1873 ⓘ
locale Central Texas ⓘ
linked to: central Texas

East Texas ⓘ
South Texas ⓘ
majorTerminus Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: City of Austin

Houston, Texas ⓘ
Laredo, Texas ⓘ
San Antonio, Texas ⓘ
notableFor contributing to urban growth in Houston and San Antonio ⓘ
linking East Texas with the Mexican border at Laredo ⓘ
operatedIn American Southwest ⓘ
United States South ⓘ
playedRoleIn development of commerce in Texas ⓘ
economic development of Texas ⓘ
primaryCommodity agricultural products ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
primaryService freight transportation ⓘ
passenger transportation ⓘ
servedCity Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: City of Austin

Houston, Texas ⓘ
Laredo, Texas ⓘ
Palestine, Texas ⓘ
San Antonio, Texas ⓘ
servedRegion Rio Grande Valley ⓘ
linked to: Rio Grande valley
startOfOperation 1873 ⓘ
stateServed Texas ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Missouri Pacific Railroad ⓘ
trackGauge 1,435 mm ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ
wentThrough receivership ⓘ
reorganization ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Taylor, Texas → hasTransportationHistory → International–Great Northern Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: Taylor, Texas, United States
MoPac → predecessor → International–Great Northern Railroad ⓘ
Union Station (Houston) → servedRailroad → International–Great Northern Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: Union Station
Taylor, Texas → railroadServedBy → International–Great Northern Railroad ⓘ