Bemus Point, NY
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Effects of Storm in Jamestown Area
Information is to the effect that the storm with severe lightning swept over the Lake Chautauqua district. Streams rose at an alarming rate and many country bridges were swept away. There was a washout on the Chautauqua Lake railway near Bemus Point, and the road bed of the Chautauqua Traction Company was badly damaged at…
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1889 Inspection Report on the Chautauqua Lake Railway
Below is the 1889 inspection report by the New York State Railway Commissioners of the Chautauqua Lake Railway. There were a number of interesting details about the railroad and its operations in the report. The line from Mayville to the Chautauqua Assembly Grounds, formerly the Mayville Extension Railroad, was in poor condition and hadn’t been…