| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 8/1/1835 | | Opening of Service | BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE RAILROAD opened, East Junction to India Point, Providence, (India Point Branch), 7.5 |
| | 8/1/1835 | | Opening of Service | BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE RAILROAD opened, Readville to East Junction. |
| | 8/1/1836 | | Opening of Service | TAUNTON BRANCH RAILROAD opened Taunton to Mansfield. Made contract with Boston & Providence for |
| | transportation of freight and passengers Mansfield to Boston. |
| | 8/11/1836 | | Milestone | Charles Peter Clark, who would one day become President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company and |
| | the New York & New England, was born in Nashua, New Hampshire. |
| | 8/9/1839 | | Acquisition | SEEKONK BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY deeded to BOSTON & PROVIDENCE RAILROAD CORPORATION. |
| | 8/9/1850 | | Incorporation | WOONSOCKET UNION RAILROAD COMPANY Incorporated in Rhode Island with authority to construct a railroad |
| | across the northwestern corner of the state of Rhode Island from the Massachusetts line near Woonsocket, to the Connecticut |
| | line. (Company organized August 24 1850.) |
| | 8/16/1852 | | Milestone | Charles Sanger Mellen, who would become the 5th President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, |
| | was born at Lowell, Massachusetts. |
| | 8/12/1853 | | NH RR 1st | The first ever photograph of a Railroad collision, was taken by Mr L. Wright of Pawtucket, RI, who snapped it withing |
| | minutes of the accident in which thirteen passengers were killed on on the Providence and Worcester Railroad at Valley |
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