| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 7/1/1833 | | Merger | THE NEW YORK & STONINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY united with NEW YORK, PROVIDENCE & BOSTON |
| | RAILROAD COMPANY under name of latter company. |
| | 7/2/1840 | | Opening of Service | NEW BEDFORD & TAUNTON RAILROAD opened New Bedford to Taunton. (Operating agreements with Taunton |
| | Branch Railroad and Boston & Providence Railroad enabled |
| | through operation to Boston via Mansfield.) |
| | 7/19/1847 | | Merger | WALPOLE RAILROAD COMPANY united by joint stock vote, with NORFOLK COUNTY RAILROAD COMPANY |
| | under name of latter company. |
| | 7/23/1849 | | Incorporation | THE HARTFORD, PROVIDENCE & FISHKILL RAILROAD COMPANY formed and organized by consolidation of the |
| | NEW YORK & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY and HARTFORD & PROVIDENCE RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | (With authority to construct a railroad from Providence, Rhode Island to the westerly line of the state of Connecticut, 159 |
| | 7/24/1851 | | Merger | PROVIDENCE & PLAINFIELD RAILROAD COMPANY united with THE HARTFORD, PROVIDENCE & FISHKILL |
| | RAILROAD COMPANY by joint stock vote. |
| | 7/22/1852 | | Opening of Service | NEW HAVEN & NEW LONDON RAILROAD COMPANY opened New Haven to New London. |
| | 7/3/1854 | | Opening of Service | Boston & New York Central Railroad opens between Blackstone and Mechanicsville, CT. |
| | 7/3/1854 | | Milestone | New York & New Haven director Morris Ketcham is questioned about abrupt decline in company shares; Ketcham discovers |
| | irregularities in books and impounds them; is told that Pres. Robert Schuyler is unable to appear because of hemorrhage of |
| | lungs; on same day, Schuyler delivers resignation as Pres. and Transfer Agent through his lawyer; in fact, Schuyler has fled to |
| | Canada and then Europe after having issued nearly $2 million in bogus stock and embezzled an additional $137,528 by other |
| | 7/3/1854 | | Opening of Service | BOSTON & NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD opened from Blackstone to Mechanicsville. |
| | 7/5/1854 | | Milestone | New York & New Haven Board discovers extent of Pres. Schuyler's frauds. |
| | 7/11/1855 | | Opening of Service | HARTFORD, PROVIDENCE & FISHKILL RAILROAD opened Bristol - Waterbury, 14.5 miles. |
| | 7/12/1855 | | Milestone | PROVIDENCE, WARREN & BRISTOL RAILROAD COMPANY operated by BOSTON & PROVIDENCE |
| | CORPORATION at cost until 1860. |
| | 7/14/1855 | | End of Service | Operation of the line of the BOSTON & NEW YORK CENTRAL between Boston and South Dedham was discontinued |
| | because of an injunction obtained by the town of Dorchester until certain bridges were built. The injunction was not removed |
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