Erie Railroad

former railroad that operated in the northeastern United States
Organization railway_company Q1353770
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Erie Railroad

Summary

Erie Railroad is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Erie Railroad is in the country of United States[3].
  • Erie Railroad's instance of is recorded as railway company[4].
  • Erie Railroad's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Erie Railroad's logo image is recorded as Erie Herald.png[6].
  • Erie Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[7].
  • Erie Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as Cleveland[8].
  • Erie Railroad's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141666797[9].
  • Erie Railroad's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139099952[10].
  • Erie Railroad's GND ID is recorded as 5055585-6[11].
  • Erie Railroad's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85150559[12].
  • Erie Railroad's IdRef ID is recorded as 176287558[13].
  • Erie Railroad's child organization or unit is recorded as Pennsylvania Coal and Coke[14].
  • Erie Railroad's Commons category is recorded as Erie Railroad[15].
  • +1895-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Erie Railroad[16].
  • Erie Railroad was dissolved in +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Erie Railroad's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036hrj[18].
  • Erie Railroad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Erie Railroad[19].
  • Erie Railroad's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[20].
  • Erie Railroad's replaces is recorded as New Jersey and New York Railroad[21].
  • Erie Railroad's replaces is recorded as Paterson and Hudson River Railroad[22].
  • Erie Railroad's replaces is recorded as Paterson and Ramapo Railroad[23].
  • Erie Railroad's replaces is recorded as Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad[24].
  • Erie Railroad's replaced by is recorded as Erie Lackawanna Railway[25].
  • Erie Railroad's reporting mark is recorded as ERIE[26].
  • Erie Railroad's date of official opening is recorded as +1832-00-00T00:00:00Z[27].

Body

Founding

+1895-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Erie Railroad[16].

Operations

Headquarters locations include New York City[7], a global city[28], in United States[29], founded in 1624[30] and Cleveland[8], a city in the United States[31], in United States[32], founded in 1796[33]. Erie Railroad's child organization or unit is recorded as Pennsylvania Coal and Coke[14].

Dissolution

Erie Railroad was dissolved in +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z[17].

Why It Matters

Erie Railroad ranks in the top 6% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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