DL&W Ithaca Branch
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Railroad Celebration
The short clipping below talks about the first train to reach Ithaca on the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad extension of the line from Owego. This extension eliminated the need to use the including plane to bring freight cars over the hill outside Ithaca and allowed trains to directly go into the village. Ithaca, Dec. 18RAILROAD…
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Ithaca Present, and in Prospect
This long letter to the editor of a newspaper in Ithaca, NY discusses many topics, including the sorry state of the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad. Source: Ithaca [NY] Journal and Advertiser, 14 February 1849, p. 3, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Plan to Build an Ithaca to Geneva Railroad
A notice published on January 11, 1832 about the plan to organize a railroad between Geneva and Ithaca, NY. The proposed railroad would connect with the Canadaigua and Geneva Railroad in Geneva and the Ithaca and Owego Railroad in Ithaca. Source: The Geneva [NY] Gazette, and Mercantile Advertiser, 11 January 1832, p. 4, NYS Historic…