| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 5/11/1760 | | Incorporation | THE UNION WHARF COMPANY IN NEW HAVEN incorporated in Connecticut, to protect those who proposed to lay out |
| | funds for the repair and extension of the wharf. (Company organized July 3, 1760.) This was the so-called Long Wharf. |
| | 5/10/1810 | | Incorporation | ”The Contractors to Rebuild and Support UNION WHARF AND PIER IN NEW HAVEN’ incorporated in Connecticut. |
| | (Company organized July, 1810.) |
| | 5/30/1822 | | Incorporation | ”President, Directors and Company of the FARMINGTON CANAL” incorporated In Massachusetts. (Company organized |
| | July 31, 1823.) Authorized to construct a canal from tide-water at New Haven through Farmington to the Massachusetts line. |
| | 5/1/1832 | | Incorporation | BOSTON, NORWICH & NEW LONDON RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Connecticut. |
| | 5/14/1832 | | Incorporation | THE NEW YORK & STONINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated In Connecticut, with authority to construct a |
| | railroad from Stonington to the Rhode Island line at the Pawcatuck River at Westerly, to connect with the road of the New |
| | York, Providence and Boston Railroad. |
| | 5/29/1833 | | Incorporation | THE HARTFORD & NEW HAVEN RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Connecticut, with authority to construct a |
| | railroad in Connecticut from Hartford to New Haven harbor, 38.5 miles. (Company organized August 25, 1835.) |
| | 5/10/1834 | | Incorporation | BOSTON & PROVIDENCE RAILROAD & TRANSPORTATION COMPANY incorporated in Rhode Island. This |
| | company constructed a bridge across the Seekonk River and established |
| | its terminal station at India Point, Providence. (Company organized August 9, 1834.) |
| | 5/10/1844 | | Incorporation | THE PROVIDENCE & WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY (of Rhode Island) incorporated in Rhode Island. |
| | (Company organized May 20, 1844.) |
| | 5/20/1844 | | Incorporation | THE PROVIDENCE & WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY (of Rhode Island) organized. |
| | 5/28/1844 | | Incorporation | STOUGHTON BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY organized. |
| | 5/27/1845 | | Incorporation | THE BRANCH COMPANY incorporated in Connecticut with authority to build a railroad from the Hartford and New Haven |
| | Railroad to the Connecticut River in Hartford, 0.87 miles. (Company organized March 31, 1848.) |
| | 5/8/1846 | | Incorporation | THE NEWPORT & FALL RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Rhode Island, with authority to construct a |
| | railroad from Newport to the Massachusetts line connecting with the Fall River Branch Railroad. |
| | 5/11/1846 | | Incorporation | New York grants New York & New Haven Railroad authority to extend from Connecticut state line to join New York & |
| | Harlem Railroad at Williamsbridge. |
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