Mayville Extension Railroad
The Mayville Extension Railroad was one of the predecessors of the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad.
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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…
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Ice Houses in Mayville
A new ice company is to be formed in Mayville and three or four large ice-houses along the west shore of Chautauqua Lake and on the line of the Mayville Extension Railroad are talked of. Source: Buffalo [NY] Express, 4 March 1882, Fultonhistory.com
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1881 NYS Report on the Mayville Extension Railroad
Below is the report from the 1881 Annual Report of the New York State Engineer and Surveyor for the Mayville Extension Railroad. Source: Annual Report of the New York State Engineer and Surveyor on the Railroad of the State of New York For The Year Ending September 30, 1881. Google Books.