Connecticut River Railroad Company
1845 – 1919
- Business Type
- State Chartered (Legislative)
- State of Incorporation
- Massachusetts
- Business Purpose
- Railroad
- Rail Operations
- 1845-1893
- Operations In
- United States: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont
Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger
- The Ashuelot Railroad Company
- 1846 to 1890, Merged
- Greenfield and Northampton Railroad Company
- 1845 to 1845, Consolidated
- Northampton and Springfield Railroad Corporation
- 1842 to 1845, Consolidated
Timeline
- January 25, 1845
- Connecticut River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - July 8, 1845
- Greenfield and Northampton Railroad Company and Northampton and Springfield Railroad Corporation consolidate to form Connecticut River Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - July 1, 1872
- Mount Tom and Easthampton Railroad Company is purchased by Connecticut River Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - February 7, 1890
- The Ashuelot Railroad Company merges with Connecticut River Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - January 1, 1919
- Connecticut River Railroad Company merges into Boston and Maine Railroad.
Source
Frederick N. Nowell, III, “Connecticut River Railroad Company,” in Addendum to Corporate History of Boston and Maine Railroad System, 39 (November 27, 2008). - January 1, 1949
- Connecticut River Railroad Company dissolves.
Source
Unknown source.
Collection
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