Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company
1891 – 1911
- Business Type
- Corporation
- State of Incorporation
- Maine
- Business Purpose
- Street Railway, Electric Utility
- Rail Operations
- 1891-1911
- Operations In
- United States: Maine
Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger
- Waterville and Fairfield Railroad Company
- 1887 to 1891, Consolidated
Timeline
- February 12, 1891
- Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company incorporates by special act in the State of Maine to acquire by lease or purchase the properties of the Waterville and Fairfield Railroad Company, Waterville Electric Light & Power Company, and the Fairfield Electric Light Company.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965). - July 1, 1891
- Waterville and Fairfield Railroad Company consolidates into the Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965). - July 20, 1892
- Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company first electric trolley cars operate on the former horse car lines.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965). - October 4, 1892
- Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company opens a one-mile extension from downtown Waterville to Waterville Lower Plains.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965). - August 4, 1898
- Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company opens an extension to Pine Grove Cemetery.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965). - 1906
- Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company opens an 0.08-mile extension from Pine Grove Cemetery down Grove Street.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965). - 1911
- Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company opens a 1,300-foot extension from Pine Grove Cemetery down Grove Street and Silver Street.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965). - September 8, 1911
- Central Maine Power Company acquires control of Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company and Waterville and Oakland Street Railway Company.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965). - November 1, 1911
- Central Maine Power Company takes over electric light and power business of Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965). - November 20, 1911
- Waterville and Oakland Street Railway Company acquires the assets, properties, and franchises of Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company. Waterville and Oakland Street Railway Company is renamed Waterville, Fairfield and Oakland Railway Company.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
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Centre of Rapid Transit, Fairfield, Maine
Item 9304001691