| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 10/1/1882 | | Opening of Service | Trains of THE HARTFORD & CONNECTICUT VALLEY RAILROAD commenced using THE NEW YORK, NEW |
| | HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD station at Hartford, the latter company having acquired a majority stock ownership in |
| | 10/9/1882 | | Acquisition | NEW YORK, HOUSATONIC & NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY portion, (Danbury to Brookfield Junction) |
| | conveyed by William H. Barnum to HOUSATONIC RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 10/10/1883 | | Lease | THE STAMFORD & NEW CANAAN RAILROAD COMPANY leased to THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & |
| | HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY, which had acquired majority stock interest. |
| | 10/1/1888 | | Bankruptcy | NANTASKET BEACH RAILROAD ceased operations until March 31 1888. |
| | 10/10/1889 | | Opening of Service | NEW YORK, PROVIDENCE & BOSTON RAILROAD opened extension from Poquonnock Junction to Groton and across |
| | its newly constructed bridge to New London, FORMING A THROUGH RAIL CONNECTION BETWEEN BOSTON AND |
| | NEW YORK. |
| | 10/10/1889 | | Milestone | The Thames River at New London is first spanned by a railroad bridge built by the Union Bridge Company and at the time |
| | was the world's largest double track, steel drawbridge, measuring 1,423 feet with 225 foot clearances on either side of the |
| | draw. Built by Col. J. Albert Monroe, it cost $1.6 million to complete and joined the StoningtonRailroad and Shore Line |
| | 10/1/1890 | | Lease | PROVIDENCE & SPRINGFIELD RAILROAD leased to the NEW YORK & NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD for 99 years. |
| | (Revised June 15, 1896, to expire July 1, 1989.) |
| | 10/1/1890 | | Merger | THE STAMFORD & NEW CANAAN RAILROAD COMPANY merged into THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & |
| | HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 10/18/1895 | | Merger | THE UNION WHARF COMPANY in NEW HAVEN merged into THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD |
| | RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 10/18/1895 | | Acquisition | THE COMPANY FOR ERECTING AND SUPPORTING A TOLL BRIDGE FROM NEW HAVEN TO EAST HAVEN |
| | deeded to and merged into THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 10/31/1903 | | Milestone | John M. Hall resigns as the 4th President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, due to poor health. |
| | Charles Sanger Mellen is elected the 5th President of the road. |
| | 10/25/1904 | | Milestone | New York Connecting Railroad appoints Gustav Lindenthal Consulting Engineer & Architect under contract of Aug. 29, |
| | 1904; requests Construction Committee to prepare new plans and estimates. |
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