Dewittville is a hamlet in the town of Chautauqua, NY on the east side of Chautauqua Lake. It was a stop on the Jamestown, Westfield, and Northwestern Railroad and predecessors.
History
The first train in the village was the Chautauqua Lake Railway which opened from Jamestown to Mayville Jct. on July 25, 1887. On October 17, 1894 the company was reorganized into the Jamestown and Lake Erie Railway and on January 1, 1899 the company reorganized again became the Jamestown and Chautauqua Railroad. The railroad became the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway on July 1, 1902 and on December 8, 1913 the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad took over the line and electrified the line.
Clippings
Station Photographs
The Dewittville, NY station on the Jamestown and Chautauqua Railroad. Photo from Chautauqua Township Historical Society.
The Dewittville, NY station on the Jamestown and Chautauqua Railroad. Photo from Chautauqua Township Historical Society.
A view of the Dewittville, NY station on the Jamestown, Westfield, and Northwestern Railroad from the JW&NW Car 312, the only car of the railroad to have a rear observation platform. Photo from Chautauqua Township Historical Society.
Maps
Map of the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad from the June 12, 1915 issue of Electric Railway Journal. Google Books.
Timetables
A timetable effective on November 24, 1890 on the Chautauqua Lake Railway. Found on eBay.
Timetable of trains on the Jamestown and Lake Erie Railway effective December 12, 1894. Dunkirk [NY] Evening Observer, 1 April 1895, p. 4, NYS Historic Newspapers.
A timetable, effective January 1, 1903, on the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway. Source Unknown.
The timetable, effective November 15, 1903, and listing for the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway in the January 1904 issue of the “Official Guide to the Railways.” Official Guide to the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, January 1904. Found on Google Books.
A January 1, 1904 timetable on the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway. Westfield [NY] Republican, 13 January 1904, p. 6, NYS Historic Newspapers.
The listing for the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway in the January 1908 issue of the “Official Guide to the Railways.” Official Guide to the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, January 1908. Found on Google Books.