Northern Railroad of New Hampshire

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The Northern Railroad of New Hampshire is a former railroad company in New Hampshire and Vermont ( United States ). It was founded on June 18, 1844 and built a 112-kilometer route from Concord to White River Junction on the Connecticut River . The license for this was granted on December 27, 1844. The railway was completed in 1847.

In April 1848, the Northern Railroad leased the Franklin and Bristol Railroad , which had also built a branch line branching off from the main line of the Northern in 1847. She finally bought the railway on January 31, 1849. In addition, the Northern Railroad was in charge of operations on the Concord and Claremont Railroad and the Peterborough and Hillsborough Railroad . From 1866 to 1880, the Northern also owned all of the Sullivan County Railroad . On June 1, 1884, the Northern Railroad was in turn leased by the Boston and Lowell Railroad for 99 years. On January 1, 1890, this contract was transferred to the Boston and Maine Railroad . The final merger with Boston & Maine did not take place until 1954.

Today the line is largely closed. Only at the two ends of the line are short sections still in operation, which are used by the Claremont Concord Railroad (at White River Junction) and the New England Southern Railroad (at Concord).

literature

  • George H. Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads 2nd Ed. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 2000, ISBN 0-89024-356-5
  • Robert M. Lindsell: The Rail Lines of Northern New England. Branch Line Press, Pepperell, MA 2000, ISBN 0-942147-06-5 .

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