The Newport and Fall River Railroad Company
1846 – 1863
- Business Type
- Corporation
- State of Incorporation
- Rhode Island
- Business Purpose
- Railroad
- Rail Operations
- None
- Operations In
- United States: Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Timeline
- May 8, 1846
- The Newport and Fall River Railroad Company incorporates in 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). - August 5, 1863
- Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Company and The Newport and Fall River Railroad Company unite to form Old Colony and Newport Railway 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).