Silver Creek, NY is a town on the shores of Lake Erie in Chautauqua County. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern (New York Central) and Nickel Plate Railroad mainlines and the Chautauqua Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad ran through the town.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
The Buffalo and State Line Railroad completed its line through Silver Creek in February 1852. The line was later operated by the Buffalo and Erie Railroad (1857 – 1869), Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (1869 – 1877), New York Central and Hudson River Railroad (1877 – 1914), and New York Central Railroad (1914 – 1968).
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad station was just south of the intersection of Madison Avenue and West Dunkirk Streets in Silver Creek.
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad station and freight house in Silver Creek were located west of the points where Hawkins Street and Railroad Street met and north of Grove Street.
Nickel Plate Road
Timetables for the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad, better known as the Nickel Plate Railroad, list a station in Silver Creek but I have not been able to find photos of it or its location. The Nickel Plate and Pennsylvania Railroads shared a number of stations along this line and it is possible that they did the same in Silver Creek.
A 1913-1914 Nickel Plate Road shippers’ guide listed the following customers in Silver Creek:
- Blanding, W. E., coal and ice. (See note 2)
- Brand, George P., & Sons, hardware, tile.
- Chautauqua and Erie Grape Co. (P. O. Westfield), grapes.
- Columbia Postal Supply Co., manufacturers postal cancelling machines.
- Cook Bros., flour and feed mill, lime and builders’ supplies.
- Howes, S., Co., The, manufacturers grain cleaning and separating machinery.
- Huntley Manufacturing Co., manufacturer grain cleaning and separating machinery.
- Invincible Grain Cleaning Co., The, manufacturers grain cleaning and separating machinery.
- Kofoed, Peter, manufacturer, parlor furniture frames.
- Madigan & Co., lumber and builders supplies.
- Moss, E. S. (P. O. Brocton), grapes.
- People’s Electric Light and Power Co.
- Shelly, F. M. ( P. O. Sheridan), grapes.
- Shofner. George H., hardware.
- Silver Creek Preserving Co., The, canned goods.
- Silver Creek Upholstering Co., The, manufacturers parlor furniture
- South Shore Growers mid Shippers Association, grapes.
- Stewart Underwear Co., ladies’ underwear
- Welch Grape Juice Co. (Westfield. N. Y ), grapes.
Timetables
