| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 2/24/1823 | | Incorporation | HAMPSHIRE & HAMPDEN CANAL COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts with authority to construct a canal from |
| | the Massachusetts-Connecticut line through Westfield to Northampton. (Company organized September 15, 1826.) |
| | 2/28/1836 | | Acquisition | HAMPSHIRE & HAMPDEN CANAL COMPANY deeded to Samuel Hinckley, et al., Trustees for the New Haven & |
| | Northampton Company. |
| | 2/14/1842 | | Milestone | Charles Dickens arrives in New York, having traveled from Boston via rail and steamboat from New Haven. |
| | 2/11/1850 | | Opening of Service | FITCHBURG & WORCESTER RAILROAD COMANY opened Fitchburg to Sterling Junction, 13.7 miles. |
| | 2/16/1850 | | Lease | NEW HAVEN & NORTHAMPTON COMPANY leased Granby, Collinsville and Tariffville extensions to THE NEW |
| | YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 2/22/1852 | | Opening of Service | DANBURY & NORWALK RAILROAD opened Danbury to South Norwalk, 23.8 miles. |
| | 2/22/1854 | | Incorporation | The Cape Cod Railroad Company is incorporated, as a change in name from the Cape Cod Branch Railroad Company. |
| | 2/22/1854 | | Incorporation | CAPE COD RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts (Change of name from the CAPE COD BRANCH |
| | RAILROAD COMPANY.) |
| | 2/22/1855 | | Milestone | In suit brought by Mechanics Bank, New York Superior Court rules that New York & New Haven Railroad is not responsible |
| | for nearly $2 million in stock fraudulently issues by ex-Pres. Robert Schuyler but is responsible for damages caused by his |
| | 2/2/1863 | | Bankruptcy | Mortgage foreclosed on portion of THE NEW HAVEN, NEW LONDON & STONINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY from |
| | Groton to Stonington, including the ferry. |
| | 2/21/1863 | | Incorporation | DIGHTON & SOMERSET RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts, with authority to construct a railroad |
| | from Taunton to Somerset. |
| | 2/5/1864 | | Opening of Service | OLD COLONY & NEWPORT RAILROAD opened Central Street, Fall River, to Newport, RI, 19 miles. (Not regularly |
| | operated until December.) |
| | 2/1/1867 | | Opening of Service | THE NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD opened, East Thompson to Southbridge (Southbridge Branch), 17.5 miles. |
| | 2/1/1868 | | Opening of Service | NEW HAVEN AND NORTHAMPTON opened, Northampton to Williamsburgh, Massachusetts, about 8 miles. |
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