Providence and Worcester Railroad Company [Rhode Island]

1844 – 1845

Business Type
State Chartered (Legislative)
State of Incorporation
Rhode Island
Business Purpose
Railroad
Rail Operations
None
Operations In
United States: Rhode Island

Timeline

May 10, 1844
Providence and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Rhode Island.
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).
November 25, 1845
Providence and Worcester Railroad Company and Providence and Worcester Railroad Company consolidate to form Providence and Worcester 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).