M. W. and Conn. River R.Rd. - Engine House, 1888
MakerMade by
H. Wales Lines Company
American, 1864 - 1983
Date1888
MediumPhotography; albumen on paper in cardboard album covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/4 x 9 1/4in. (18.4 x 23.5cm)
Other (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
Other (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionPhotograph of Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River Railroad tracks leading into a brick building. A train engine is sitting inside the building. There are three doors into the engine house.
Object number2015.149.1.12
InscribedRecto, handwritten in black ink: "M. W. and Conn. River R.Rd. - Engine House, 1888"Recto, handwritten in pencil: "Meriden/Wallingford & Co. River RR"NotesFrom: Meriden & Cromwell Railroad/Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad Photograph Album at the Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center (UCONN)
"The Meriden & Cromwell Railroad ran between these two cities in Connecticut from 1885 to 1888, when its name changed to the Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad, and was extended to Waterbury, Connecticut, until 1892, when the line was taken over by the New York & New England Railroad."
"Building for the Meriden & Cromwell Railroad began in 1883, when a dormant charter, granted in 1871, was revived by manufacturers in the town of Meriden, Connecticut. When the line was completed in 1885, it ran from Center Street in Meriden, Connecticut, to a point in Cromwell, Connecticut, on the Connecticut River. It was soon proposed to extend the line to Waterbury, Connecticut, and in 1887, with subscriptions of stock from the citizens of Waterbury, building began. It was completed in July 1888, and the name of the railroad line changed to the Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad. By 1889, the line owned five locomotives, seven passenger cars and 154 freight cars."
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