Hoosac Valley Street Railway Company

Timeline

October 1886

Hoosac Valley Street Railway Company begins horsecar operations in Adams and North Adams.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1889

Hoosac Valley Street Railway Company converts its horsecar lines to electric streetcars.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

October 1889

Hoosac Valley Street Railway Company opens its Zylonite to North Adams line.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1906

Hoosac Valley Street Railway Company is acquired by New England Investment and Security Company , a wholly owned subsidiary of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

June 30, 1906

Hoosac Valley Street Railway Company merges into Berkshire Street Railway Company.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).