Download or read book Connecticut Railroads written by Gregg M. Turner and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Along the Valley Line written by Max R. Miller and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Connecticut Valley Railroad once carried both passengers and freight along the west bank of the Connecticut River between Hartford and Old Saybrook. Completed in 1871, today the railroad is known throughout New England for the nostalgic steam-powered excursion trains that run on a portion of the line between Essex and Chester. Until now the history of this popular tourist attraction has been the stuff of local lore and legend. This book, written by railroad historian and former vice president and director of Valley Railroad, Max R. Miller, provides the first comprehensive history of the Connecticut Valley Railroad through maps, ephemera, and archival photographs of the trains, bridges, and scenery surrounding the line. Offering tales of train wrecks, ghost sightings, booms and busts, Along the Valley Line will be treasured by railroad enthusiasts and historians alike.
Download or read book Post Roads Iron Horses written by Richard DeLuca and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating history of turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads, and trolleys in Connecticut Post Roads & Iron Horses is the first book to look in detail at the turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads, and trolleys (street railroads) that helped define Connecticut and shape New England. Advances in transportation technology during the nineteenth century transformed the Constitution State from a rough network of colonial towns to an industrial powerhouse of the Gilded Age. From the race to build the Farmington Canal to the shift from water to rail transport, historian and transportation engineer Richard DeLuca gives us engaging stories and traces the significant themes that emerge as American innovators and financiers, lawyers and legislators, struggle to control the movement of passengers and goods in southern New England. The book contains over fifty historical images and maps, and provides an excellent point of view from which to interpret the history of New England as a whole. This is an indispensable reference book for those interested in Connecticut history and a great gift for transportation buffs of all kinds.
Download or read book The New York and New England Railroad written by Gregg M Turner and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroads were the first big business enterprises of America and made possible many other industries. They knitted our expansive nation together and ably transported people, materials, supplies, goods, and mail. Literally hundreds, if not thousands, of railroads were built in the United States during the nineteenth century. Among the more colorful was the New York and New England Railroad, which connected Boston with the Hudson River via the uplands of Connecticut. If ever a company had its share of trials and tribulations it was this firm. Yet its fascinating, topsy-turvy past is today largely forgotten. This work brings to life how the New York and New England Railroad evolved from humble beginnings to becoming a potent transportation force. Meticulously researched with many period images and a lively text, our journey begins in the 1840s and lasts until the late 1890s. Climb aboard for a special trip into this unique chapter of American railroad history!
Download or read book The First Twenty Years of Railroads in Connecticut written by Sidney Withington and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rise of Railroads in the Connecticut River Valley written by Thelma Maddie Kistler and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Connecticut Whistle Stops written by Lennie Grimaldi and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated, Connecticut Whistle Stops: Greenwich to New Haven tells the fascinating history of a rail line and the communities it serves. The motto of the state of Connecticut is Qui Transtulit Sustenet, which translates loosely from the Latin as "He who commutes thrives." The state was founded by commuters of a sort: itinerant preachers looking for congregations. Much later, when the railroads finally came along, the state bloomed. Today, Connecticut's rail line from Greenwich to New Haven is a thriving transportation network for Manhattan-bound commuters. Each workday, roughly 85,000 commuters ride the New Haven Line into Grand Central Terminal in New York. Profiled in Connecticut Whistle Stops are ten rail communities along the coast. Full of eye-catching photographs, the chapters highlight the impact that the rail line has had on Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, South Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, and New Haven. The history offers all the elements of an award-winning movie: laborers building the railroad, America's best-known tycoons financing a rail monopoly and then running it into the ground, bankruptcy, and rebirth.
Download or read book The Street Railways of Connecticut written by National Railway Historical Society. Connecticut Valley Chapter and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defunct Connecticut Railroads written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Penn Central Transportation Company, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, New York and New England Railroad, Connecticut Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad, Housatonic Railroad, List of Connecticut railroads, Central New England Railway, Central Vermont Railway, Naugatuck Railroad, New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, New York and New Haven Railroad, New London Northern Railroad, Shore Line Railway, Fairfield County Railroad, Hartford and New Haven Railroad, New Haven and Northampton Company, New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company, Hartford and Springfield Railroad. Excerpt: The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (commonly New Haven), (reporting mark NH) was a railroad that operated in the northeast United States from 1872 to 1968 which served the states of Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Its primary connections included Boston and New York. General offices of the company, New Haven, about 1905 Train over the Norwalk River (1914 postcard) Common stock issued in 1967The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad was formed 24 July 1872 through the consolidation of the New York and New Haven Railroad and Hartford and New Haven Railroad. It owned a main line from New York City to Springfield, Massachusetts via New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, and leased other lines, including the Shore Line Railway to New London. The company went on to lease more lines and systems, eventually forming a virtual monopoly in New England south of the Boston and Albany Railroad. The first line of the original system to open was the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, opened from Hartford to New Haven, with steamship connections to New York in 1839, and to Springfield, with rail connections to Worcester and Boston, in...
Download or read book Western Connecticut Trolleys written by Connecticut Motor Coach Museum and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, Americans have embraced technology with a special enthusiasm, and the innovation of the trolley car is no exception. This industry fueled the growth of many towns and cities in Connecticut, and Western Connecticut was able to keep pace with other parts of the state because of it. Although short lived, the trolley changed the landscape of the state and spurred progress in ways never imagined just a few years before. Marking an important milestone in the documentation of Connecticut's street railway heritage, Western Connecticut Trolleys is the sixth Arcadia Publishing book chronicling the history of all the streetcar lines and companies in the state.
Download or read book Connecticut River Railroad written by Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Underground Railroad in Connecticut written by Horatio T Strother and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Rail Road written by Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad Company and published by Newbury, Vt. : L.J. McIndoe. This book was released on 1847 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Twenty five Years on the ND C written by Bernard L. Rudberg and published by Purple Mountain PressLtd. This book was released on 2002 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book History of the Connecticut Air Line Railroad written by Connecticut Air Line Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1935* with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
