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Opening of the Buffalo and New York City and Portage High Bridge
Buffalo and New York City Railroad.—We have received an invitation from this company, to attend the celebration on the 25th, of the completion of the high bridge across the Genesee river at Portage and of the opening of the Railroad from Attica to Hornellsville. The bridge is two hundred and thirty-four feet above the bed…
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Erie and New York City Railroad Deed Service
In April 1852 Mr. M. Norton offered to register deeds giving property to the Erie and New York City Railroad free of charge. Source: Jamestown [NY] Journal, 20 August 1852, p. 3, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Buffalo, Corning and New York Rail Road
The Conhocton Valley Rail Road Company, have decided to accept of the provisions of the act recently passed by the legislature , changing the name of the Corporation to Buffalo, Corning and New York Rail Road Company. Source: Rochester (NY) Daily American. March 27, 1852
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Sodus Point and Southern Railroad
Source: American Railroad Journal, 1 November 1851, p. 696. Found on Google Books.
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Buffalo and New York City Railroad
Buffalo and New York City Railroad – The directors of this company have received a proposition from the Buffalo and Rochester company to sell a portion of the present road between Attica and Buffalo. The Directors have consequently requested the contractors to suspend operations on the new line for the present, and have ordered the…
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Canandaigua and Jefferson Railroad
This article from the September 20, 1851 issue of the American Railroad Journal announced the completion of the Canandaigua and Jefferson Railroad between Canandaigua to Jefferson, NY (now known as Watkins). The actual name of the railroad was the Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad, but was sometimes referred to in the press as the “Canandaigua and…
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That Double Track
The 1851 newspaper article below addresses the importance of the New York and Erie Railroad line to Dunkirk as a route to quickly transport immigrants who arrived in New York to the western frontier. Source: Tri-States Union, Port Jervis, NY, 7 August 1851.
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Riot and Murder in Portland, Chaut. Co.
RIOT AND MURDER IN PORTLAND, CHAUT. CO. a strike took place among the Irishmen on the Dunkirk & State Line Railroad in Portland, on Saturday last. About forty of them left the work. Fresh hands were immediately put in their places, and day before yesterday the strikers are came on to the line again with…
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Agreement Between the Buffalo and State Line and Dunkirk and State Line Railroads
RAILROADS.—We understand that the outlines of an arrangement have been agreed upon between the Buffalo and State Line and Dunkirk and State Line Railroad Companies to consolidate the two companies, with the view of having but one road between Buffalo and Erie. A new route is to be immediately surveyed to Dunkirk, and also to…
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Purchasing Buffalo and State Line Railroad Stocks
An article/editorial from a December 1850 issue of the Jamestown Journal encouraging people to purchase stocks in the Buffalo and State Line Railroad. Source: Jamestown [NY] Journal, 6 December 1850, p. 3, NYS Historical Newspapers.