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Oswego and Syracuse Railroad Locale Syracuse, New York to Oswego, New York Dates of operation 1839–1872 Successor Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge) The Oswego and Syracuse Railroad was formed April 29, 1839, and the route was surveyed during the summer of that year. The Company was fully organized March 25, 1847. The road was opened on May 14, 1848, and ran a total distance of 35.5 miles (57.1 km) from Syracuse, New York to Oswego, New York. In 1872 it passed under the management of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.[1]
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History
See also: Railroads in Syracuse, New YorkOne of the oldest surviving railroad structures in New York State is the 1848 freighthouse of the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad in Oswego, New York. It is situated along West Utica Street, approximately one block west of the site of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&WRR) depot.
For many years, the DL&WRR maintained offices in Old City Hall in village of Oswego built in 1836 to rival the Market House in Albany. It is a three story brick structure. The third floor was wide open and used to provide drill space for the local militia during the winter months. The city built a new building a few blocks south in 1871.
Freight rail
An act was passed by the New York State Legislature during their assembly in 1847 which allowed the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad Company to carry freight provided they paid tolls to New York State.[2]
Syracuse, Binghamton and New York railroad
See also: Syracuse, Binghamton and New York RailroadThe Oswego and Syracuse Railroad consolidated with the Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroadin 1853 after the act was authorized by the New York State Legislature.[2]
In 1860, the rail was authorized along with New York Central Railroad Company to build a station house in Geddes.[2]
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad
The DL&WRR bought the Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad in 1869 and leased the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad on February 13, 1869. This gave them a branch from Binghamton north and northwest via Syracuse to Oswego, a port on Lake Ontario.
When the DL&WRR took over the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad in 1872, the road acquired the former hall for its shipping offices in the Great Lakes port. They held ownership until 1946.
Preceded by
Oswego and Syracuse Railroad
chartered April 29, 1839
charter renewed May 14, 1845
merged December 20, 1945Succeeded by
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadReferences
- ^ Poor, Henry Varnum. Manual of the railroads of the United States, Volume 22. Poors, 1889 p. 85; 317. http://books.google.com/books?id=E6koAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=Syracuse+Junction+Railroad&source=bl&ots=e4XDqJAo0x&sig=SX54VVh2T7Y-aXp9GkxiQJxH6c8&hl=en&ei=cxBMTfKgLomesQPxq8zcCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CDoQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=Syracuse%20&f=false. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 5". New York (State) Legislature Assembly, 1862. http://books.google.com/books?id=-2obAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA494&lpg=PA494&dq=%22syracuse+stone+railroad%22&source=bl&ots=ZCiIQgjbg0&sig=Dg3tNPUM9Ru2u-oi--q7HfqLr_Y&hl=en&ei=7GcaTob7PKb10gGa3pGXBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22syracuse%20stone%20railroad%22&f=false. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
Categories:- Predecessors of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
- Railway companies established in 1839
- Railway companies disestablished in 1872
- Defunct New York railroads
- Defunct railroads in Syracuse, New York
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