Sinclairville, NY is a town in Chautauqua County that was served by the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad. The passenger station was located near where the Sinclairville Village DPW building currently sits, just south of where Rt. 60 crosses over Sinclair Drive.
History
The first railroad to reach Sinclairville was the Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway in June 1871. It operated the line until December 31, 1872. The Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad operated the line from 1873 until it was merged into the New York Central (NYC) Railroad in 1914. The NYC operated it as its Valley Branch until 1972 when it removed the line from service between Falconer and Dunkirk due to extensive damage caused by Hurricane Agnes.
I don’t know the history of the station shown above but suspect it is the one described in a November 13, 1889 article in the Westfield [NY] American which noted that “The new depot, at Sinclairville, is being rapidly pushed to completion. It is the neatest and most convenient one on the road.”
Customers
A 1921 list of industries served by the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad listed a number of customers in Sinclairville:
- Bordens Condensed Milk Co. – Canned Goods
- O. M. Cleland – Fruits and Vegetables
- M. H. Crofoot – Fruits and Vegetables
- H. A. Lee – Grain Flour and Feed
- H. S. Wheeler – Grain Flour and Feed
- E. J. White – Grain Flour and Feed
- N. H. Crofoot – Lumber
- J. H. Cummings – Lumber
- Gerry Lumber Co. – Lumber
- Strong And Cobb – Lumber
- Standard Oil Co. – Oils
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