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Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), also known by the sobriquet Commodore , was an American entrepreneur who built his wealth in shipping and railroads and was the patriarch of t...
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Upon his death in 1877, at age 82, Cornelius Vanderbilt, also known as Commodore Vanderbilt, was the wealthiest man in the United States and probably the greatest of the nineteenth century railroad barons. Earlier in his business career he probably was the greatest shipping tycoon ... But instead of building new railroads,
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Cornelius Vanderbilt's primary contribution to the railway industry was his ability to use his financial resources to develop regional railroads and create more functional and profitable transportation networks. He was born on May 27, 1794 on Staten Island in a poor family.
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Cornelius (Commodore) Vanderbilt ... By 1869 Vanderbilt merged the New York Central and Hudson River railroads and doubled the capitalization of the combined lines to some $90,000,000. His philosophy was to adjust the capitalization – his critics called it "stock watering" – based upon the anticipated earnings.
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Names like James J. Hill, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and John D. Rockefeller have struck terror in the hearts of many, yet these same names have inspired millions of other Americans. ... In 1872, Gould turned to Western railroads, where he eventually assembled an empire that consisted of half the track mileage...
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Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in Staten Island, ... Railroads in this early period were in a fragmented and haphazard state, much like the early internet. Perhaps the capitalist allure of "rationalization" appealed to Vanderbilt as he set off on a course of consolidation, standardization, and the modernization of the railroads.
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Beautiful engraved Stock Certificate from The New York Central Railroad Company issued in the 1940's-1960s for 100 shares of Common Stock. ... Home > Aviation, Railroads, Cars, Ships, Canals > Railroads - Company names from K - O > New York Central Railroad Company - Cornelius Vanderbilt Vignette...
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… Cornelius Vanderbilt bought all the shares of the New York & Harlem and the shorters had to settle with him for 179 $ a share. In the process, Cornelius Vanderbilt earned $ 5 million, money which his opponents lost outright. ... Again Vanderbilt won and he now controlled two consolidated railroads,
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Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American financier. In 1849, during the Gold Rush, he established a route by Lake Nicaragua to California. In 1862 he sold his ships and entered into a great career of railroad financing, gradually obtaining a controlling interest in a large number of railways.
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