Oswego and Syracuse Railroad
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Funny Rather
This 1867 flame war between three newspapers revolves around a report that a locomotive from the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad was sent on the Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad despite the fact that the Oswego and Syracuse was a standard-gauge railroad and the Syracuse and Binghamton was a wide-gauge line. It mentions that the…
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Opposition on the Lakes
This small February 1848 article discusses a steam ship being built in Oswego, NY that will run between Owego and Lewiston, NY. The ship will be operated in cooperation with the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad. Source: Rochester [NY] Daily American, 18 February 1848, p. 2. NYS Historic Newspapers.