The Tonawanda Railroad was one of the predecessors of the New York Central Railroad and one of the first railroads built in the state. On April 9th, 1850, the Tonawanda Railroad and the Attica and Buffalo Railroad, which was chartered in 1836, merged under the name of the Buffalo and Rochester Railroad.
The PDF below contains the chapter on the Tonawanda Railroad from the book “The Beginnings of the New York Central Railroad” written by Frank Walker Stevens.
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- Early Railroad Routes, Historical Facts Concerning Western New York Roads. The Daily News
Batavia, NY. August 28-1888 - Stevens, Frank Walker. 1926. “The Beginnings of the New York Central Railroad.” Google Books.