Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad
The Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad was a railroad in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island connecting the city of Fall River, Massachusetts with Warren, Rhode Island. It incorporated in 1862 as a merger of the Warren and Fall River Railroad Company of Rhode Island and the Fall River and Warren Railroad Company of Massachusetts. The railroad line itself was not completed until 1865. It ran for 8.0 miles from the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad line in Warren, Rhode Island to Somerset, Massachusetts, directly across the Taunton River from Fall River.[1]
In 1875, the line was connected to the Old Colony Railroad main line in Fall River with the opening of the Slade's Ferry Bridge. The Old Colony Railroad operated the line from 1875 until 1892 when it bought it outright.[2]
In 1893 the line became part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad upon its lease of the entire Old Colony Railroad system.
The New Haven received ICC permission to abandon the line from East Warren to Slade's Ferry Bridge on June 11, 1937.[3]
References[]
- ^ Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, Feb 15, 1911, page 428
- ^ The Story of the Old Colony Railroad, 1919
- ^ "Abandon 23 Miles of Road". Boston Globe. June 11, 1937. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
- Old Colony Railroad lines
- Predecessors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
- 1862 establishments in Massachusetts