Suspension Bridge, NY
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The New Central Depot
The news clipping below reports on the construction of the New York Central Railroad depot in Suspension Bridge, NY. This depot was being built to replace the former station that was destroyed in a January 1883 fire. Source: Suspension Bridge (NY) Journal. September 11, 1886.
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The New Depots
This article is about the aftermath of the fire in the New York Central union station in Suspension Bridge, NY. Supt. Burrows has shown great zoal in providing substitutes for our burned depot. He has had 25 or 30 carpenters at work ever since the fire and they have accomplished wonders, considering the inclement weather,…
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Disastrous Fire
The newspaper article below from the January 6, 1883 edition of the Suspension Bridge (NY) Journal describes the fire that destroyed the New York Central Railroad passenger depot in Suspension Bridge on the night of January 2, 1883. The same issue had the following smaller tidbits about the fire: The railroad authorities have gone to…
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The Suspension Bridge and Erie Junction Railway
The July 1870 article from the Niagara Falls Gazette goes into a great deal of detail about the building of the Suspension Bridge and Erie Junction Railway from Buffalo to Suspension Bridge, NY. The article notes that the company expected to have the line running by December of that year. Source: Niagara Falls [NY] Gazette,…