Founder and Employees of the Southwest Missouri Electric Railway Company Memorial – Webb City, Missouri
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Memorial honoring the founder and employees Of the Southwest Missouri Electric Railway at King Jack Park in Webb City, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMNQ5D
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2015
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The memorial is a monument with relief sculptures and a bronze plaque with the following inscription:
1889 – – 1939
THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF A. H. ROGERS
THE FOUNDER, AND THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FORMER S. W. MO.
ELEC. RY. CO. WHICH WAS HEADQUARTERED IN WEBB CITY
OPERATING OVER A 94 MILE SYSTEM SERVING THE TRI-
STATE MINING FIELD FROM 1889 TO 1939
THIS PLAQUE MADE POSSIBLE BY CONTRIBUTIONS OF FORMER
EMPLOYEES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CITIZENS AND BUSINESS
MEN OF THE AREA.