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Name of Company
New York and Harlem R.R.
New York & New Haven, R.R.
Hudson River Railroad
Sixth Avenue Railroad
Eighth Avenue Railroad
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New
York and Harlem R.R.
Route:
From 27th street and
Fourth avenue, down Fourth
avenue, Bowery, and Broome
Streets, Centre, and Park
row, to the Astor House,
returning the same; thence
with large cars to Harlem
River, with a branch through
33d street, Lexington
avenue, and 34th street to
East river.
President Of Company:
Allan Campbell.
No. Of Cars: 40
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New
York & New Haven, R.R.
Route:
On that portion of the
route of the New York and
Harlem Railroad from corner
of Fourth avenue and 27th
street to Harlem river.
(Permission given by the
Harlem Railroad to run upon
their tracks.
President of Company:
Justin H. Buckley
No. of Cars: ..
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Hudson
River Railroad
Route:
From 30th street and
Tenth avenue, down Tenth
avenue and West street,
Canal and Hudson streets, to
Chambers street; returning
same; thence with large cars
to Spuyten Duyvel creek.
President of Company:
Cornelius C. Vanderbilt.
No. of Cars: 30
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Sixth
Avenue Railroad
Route:
From 44th street and
Sixth avenue, down Sixth
avenue, Carmine, Varick and
Canal streets, West Broadway
and Vesey street, to
Broadway; returning the
same; with single track,
through Church and Chambers
streets; thence to Central
Park.
President of Company:
Sidney Mason.
No. of Cars: 75
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Eighth
Avenue Railroad
Route:
From 49th street and
Eighth avenue, down Eighth
avenue, Hudson and Canal
streets, West Broadway,
Vesey street to Broadway;
returning the same; with
single track through Church
and Chambers streets; thence
to 125th street.
President of Company:
George Law.
No. of Cars: 95
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Name of Company
Second Avenue Railroad
Third Avenue Railroad
Ninth Avenue Railroad
Central Park, North and East
River Railroad Company
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Second
Avenue Railroad
Route:
From corner
of 42d street and Second
avenue, through Second
avenue, 23d street, First
avenue, Allen and Grand
streets, Bowery, Chatham,
and Pearl streets, to Peck
slip; returning through
South and Oliver streets,
Bowery, Grand, and Chrystie
streets, and Second avenue,
to 23d street; thence to
Harlem.
President
of Company: D.M.
Hughes
No. of Cars: 35
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Third
Avenue Railroad
Route:
From 65th
street and Third avenue,
down Third avenue and
Bowery, Chatham, and Park
row to the Astor House;
returning the same to
beginning; thence to Harlem
Bridge.
President
of Company: Wm.
A. Darling.
No. of Cars: 90
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Ninth
Avenue Railroad
Route:
From corner
of 51st street and Ninth
avenue, Greenwich and Canal
streets, West Broadway,
College place, and Vesey
street, to Astor House;
returning by the same route;
with single track through
Church and Washington
streets.
President
of Company:
George Law.
No. of Cars: 25
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Central
Park, North and East River
Railroad Company
Route:
Depot Western
Division_Tenth avenue, 51st,
52d, 53d, 54th, and 55th
streets. Route_From 51st
street, down Tenth avenue,
West street and Battery
place, State and Whitehall
streets, to South Ferry;
returning to beginning;
thence up Tenth avenue,
through 59th street to Fifth
avenue entrance to Central
Park.
President
of Company: John
Butler, Jr.
No. of Cars: 60
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Name of Company
Central Park, North and East
River Railroad
Dry Dock, East Broadway, and
Battery Railroad
Bleecker and Fulton Ferry
Railroad
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Central
Park, North and East River
Railroad
Route:
Depot
Eastern Division_First
avenue, 36th, 37th, and 38th
streets. Route_From 38th
street, First avenue, down
First avenue to 14th street,
to avenues D and C to
Houston, Corlears, Mangin,
and Grand streets, to East
River; down South, Water,
and Front streets, to South
Ferry; returning the same to
beginning; thence up First
avenue to 59th street,
through 59th street to Fifth
avenue_entrance to Central
Park.
President
of company: John
Butler, Jr.
No. of Cars: 50
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Dry
Dock, East Broadway, and
Battery Railroad
Route:
From 14th
street and avenue B, along
14th street, avenue D, 8th
street, Lewis, and Grand
streets, East Broadway,
Chatham street, Park row to
the Astor House; returning,
Park row, Chatham, East
Broadway, Grand, Goerck, and
Houston Streets, avenue D,
14th street, to beginning,
with a branch from Grand
street Ferry, along Grand,
East Broadway, Canal, to
Broadway; returning the
same.
President
of Company: John
Kerr.
No. of Cars: 35
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Bleecker and Fulton Ferry
Railroad
Route:
From 14th
street and Tenth avenue,
along 14th st., Hudson,
Bleecker, Crosby, Howard,
Elm, Reed, and Centre
streets, Park row, to
Beekman and South, to Fulton
Ferry; returning, Fulton,
William, and Ann streets,
Broadway and Park row.
Centre, Leonard, Elm,
Howard, Crosby, Bleecker,
Macdougal, Fourth, West
12th, Hudson, and 14th,
streets, to beginning.
President of
Company: Jacob Sharp.
No. of Cars: 40
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Name of Company
Broadway and Seventh Avenue
Railroad
Forty-second street and Grand
street Ferry Railroad Company
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Broadway and Seventh Avenue
Railroad
Route:
From 51st
street and Seventh avenue,
down Seventh avenue to
Broadway, University place,
Eighth street, Wooster and
Canal streets, West Broadway
and Barclay street, to
Broadway; returning through
Barclay, Church, Greene, and
Eighth streets, University
place, Broadway and Seventh
avenue, to beginning; thence
to 59th street and Seventh
avenue_entrance to Central
Park; with a branch to
Broome street and Broadway;
also one running down
Seventh and Greenwich
avenues to Eighth street,
Macdougal, Fourth, Thompson,
and Canal streets, West
Broadway and Barclay street;
returning the same to
beginning; thence to 59th
street and Seventh
avenue_entrance to Central
Park.
President
of Company: John
Kerr.
No. of Cars: 95
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Forty-second street and
Grand street Ferry Railroad
Company
Route:
From 42d
street and Eleventh avenue,
along 42d street to Tenth
avenue, 34th street,
Broadway, 23d street, Second
avenue, 14th street, avenue
A, Houston and Cannon
streets, Grand street Ferry;
returning, Grand, Goerck,
Houston, and Second streets,
avenue A, 14th street,
Fourth avenue, 23d street,
Broadway, 34th street, Tenth
avenue to 42d street Ferry.
President
of Company:
Jacob Sharp.
No. of Cars: 50
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Article Name: |
City Railroads 1865 |
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Researcher/Transcriber |
Miriam Medina |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
From My Colllection of
Books: Manual of the
Corporation of the City of
New York by D.T. Valentine
1865 |
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