Housatonic Railroad Company
1836 – 1898
- Business Type
- Corporation
- State of Incorporation
- Connecticut
- Business Purpose
- Railroad
- Rail Operations
- 1842-1892
- Operations In
- United States: Connecticut, Massachusetts
Timeline
- June 1836
- Housatonic Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Connecticut.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - October 9, 1882
- New York, Housatonic and Northern Railroad Company is conveyed to Housatonic Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - March 29, 1898
- Housatonic Railroad Company is acquired by The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
Collection
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Old Bridgeport Station, Housatonic Railroad
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Bridgeport in its younger days. All grade crossings then.
Item 9304011137
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Housatonic Railroad, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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