Prepared under the auspices of the Connecticut Historical Society, this evocative, lively and authoritative history covers all the railroads in Connecticut -- their achievements, troubles, wrecks, and (usually) eventual absorption into J. P. Morgan's now vanished New York, New Haven &amp; Hartford. Packed with rare black and white photographs, maps, engravings, securities, posters, and timetables as well as the thoughtful text. Railroads covered include the Stonington, the Shore Line (and its steamers), the New York &amp; New Haven, the Hartford &amp; New Haven, the Norwich &amp; Worcester, the Housatonic, the Central Vermont, the Naugatuck, the Derby &amp; Norwalk, the New Haven &amp; Derby, the Shepaug, the Boston &amp; New York Air Line, the Central New England, the Hartford &amp; Connecticut Valley, and the New York &amp; New England Railroads. With footnotes at the end of each chapter. End papers shows state map with railroads. 317 pages with index.

Connecticut Railroads: An Illustrated History

History

Gregg M. Turner

Melancthon W. Jacobus

Americas

Connecticut Historical Society

Book by Gregg M. Turner, Melancthon W. Jacobus

Connecticut Railroads: An Illustrated History (Second Printing with 1989 Addendum)

Railroads were the first big business enterprises in America, and they made possible many other industries. They knitted our expansive nation together and have ably transported people, goods, materials, supplies, express items, and mail.Literally, hundreds of railroads, if not more, were built in the United States during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among the more important was the fabled Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which, by 1931, owned, controlled, or operated over 14,000 miles of transportation lines.The founders of this extraordinary firm were William and Henry Walters, father and son. Both are today largely remembered for their achievements in collecting works of art and establishing a world-class museum in Baltimore. But equally significant were their extraordinary efforts in founding and building up one of the great railway systems in America.Climb aboard for a special journey into this unique chapter of American railroad history!

William and Henry Walters: Father and Son Founders of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Business & Money

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