Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Company

1899 – Unknown

Business Type
State Chartered (Legislative)
State of Incorporation
New Hampshire
Business Purpose
Street Railway
Operations In
United States: New Hampshire

Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger

Exeter Street Railway Company
1889 to 1899, Consolidated

Timeline

1897
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Company begins to sell electricity.
Source
Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, “Reports of Electric Utilities,” in Annual and Statistical Report of the Public Service Commission of New Hampshire For the Year Ending December 31, 1925, 85-186 (Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, 1926).
February 15, 1899
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Company incorporates by special act in the State of New Hampshire with the consolidation of Exeter Street Railway Company, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Company , and Rockingham Electric Company.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System: 1889-1900,” in Trolleys to the Casino: Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway, 3-10 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1969).
July 1901
Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company is leased to Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Company for a period of 99 years.
Source
John Moody, “Gas, Electric Light, Electric Railway and Water Supply Companies: Part II. Electric Railways,” in Moody's Manual of Corporation Securities, 936-1210 (John Moody & Company, 1902).
April 1, 1908
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Company incorporates by special act in the State of New Hampshire.
Source
Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, “Reports of Street Railways,” in Annual and Statistical Report of the Public Service Commission of New Hampshire For the Year Ending December 31, 1925, 47-74 (Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, 1926).
April 1, 1908
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Company electric property is transferred to Exeter and Hampton Electric Company.
Source
Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, “Reports of Electric Utilities,” in Annual and Statistical Report of the Public Service Commission of New Hampshire For the Year Ending December 31, 1925, 85-186 (Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, 1926).

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Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway town center scene

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