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THE HICKSVILLE & COLD SPRING BRANCH RAILROAD,
CHARTERED
NOVEMBER 7, 1853, OPENED JULY 3, 1854 HICKSVILLE TO SYOSSET.
MAY 27, 1854 THE "AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL" REPORTED THAT THE
H. & C.S.B.R.R. WAS TO BUILD TO "KETCHAM'S" - "NOW KNOWN AS SYOSSIT "
FOR YEARS A SUNDAY MILK TRAIN RAN TO BROOKLYN AND AFTER MAY 1861 TO HUNTERS POINT
CONNECTIONS WERE MADE WITH STAGES TO OYSTER BAY, COLD SPRING AND HUNTINGTON
THIS COLTON MAP PUBLISHED IN 1855 SHOWS THE HICKSVILLE & COLD
SPRING BRANCH RAILROAD TERMINATING IN COLD SPRING (HARBOR).
THIS IS AN 1861 MAP
THIS FELIX REIFSCHNEIDER MAP ACCOMPANIED A BRIEF L. I. R. R. HISTORY
THIS L. I. R. R. LAND PLAN SHOWS THE PROPERTY ACQUIRED IN
1867 - PARCEL NUMBER 11 - FOR THE EXTENSION TO NORTHPORT
THIS PLAN SHOWS THE JUNCTION OF THE OLD AND NEW RIGHTS OF WAY.
THE OLD ROW IS 49.5 FEET WIDE.
THIS PLAN SHOWS WHAT IS PROBABLY THE H. & C. S. B. R. R. RIGHT OF WAY
AT THE UPPER RIGHT. BETWEEN THE SOLID LINES THE WIDTH IS 49.5 FEET.
IN HIS 1873 "SKETCHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY" BAYLES WRITES:
HINSDALE AND REIFSCHNEIDER STATE THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS GRADED
BUT RAIL WAS NEVER LAID BEYOND SYOSSET TOWARD COLD SPRING
FROM E. B. HINSDALE'S 1898 HISTORY
VINCENT SEYFRIED WRITES THAT ONE MILE OF TRACK BEYOND SYOSSET WAS LAID BUT NEVER USED
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NOVEMBER 7, 1853, OPENED JULY 3, 1854 HICKSVILLE TO SYOSSET.
MAY 27, 1854 THE "AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL" REPORTED THAT THE
H. & C.S.B.R.R. WAS TO BUILD TO "KETCHAM'S" - "NOW KNOWN AS SYOSSIT "
FOR YEARS A SUNDAY MILK TRAIN RAN TO BROOKLYN AND AFTER MAY 1861 TO HUNTERS POINT
CONNECTIONS WERE MADE WITH STAGES TO OYSTER BAY, COLD SPRING AND HUNTINGTON
THIS COLTON MAP PUBLISHED IN 1855 SHOWS THE HICKSVILLE & COLD
SPRING BRANCH RAILROAD TERMINATING IN COLD SPRING (HARBOR).
THIS IS AN 1861 MAP
THIS FELIX REIFSCHNEIDER MAP ACCOMPANIED A BRIEF L. I. R. R. HISTORY
THIS L. I. R. R. LAND PLAN SHOWS THE PROPERTY ACQUIRED IN
1867 - PARCEL NUMBER 11 - FOR THE EXTENSION TO NORTHPORT
THIS PLAN SHOWS THE JUNCTION OF THE OLD AND NEW RIGHTS OF WAY.
THE OLD ROW IS 49.5 FEET WIDE.
THIS PLAN SHOWS WHAT IS PROBABLY THE H. & C. S. B. R. R. RIGHT OF WAY
AT THE UPPER RIGHT. BETWEEN THE SOLID LINES THE WIDTH IS 49.5 FEET.
IN HIS 1873 "SKETCHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY" BAYLES WRITES:
HINSDALE AND REIFSCHNEIDER STATE THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS GRADED
BUT RAIL WAS NEVER LAID BEYOND SYOSSET TOWARD COLD SPRING
FROM E. B. HINSDALE'S 1898 HISTORY
VINCENT SEYFRIED WRITES THAT ONE MILE OF TRACK BEYOND SYOSSET WAS LAID BUT NEVER USED
Go to ----> NORTHPORT BRANCH
RETURN TO HOME PAGE