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Series I: Town Maps, undated, 1888-1929
Series II: Railroad Company (Land Title) Maps, undated, 1872-1930s
New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association (NHRHTA) Map Collection
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205
URL: http://doddcenter.uconn.edu?
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. |
| Creator: | New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association. |
| Title: | New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association Map Collection. |
| Dates: | undated, 1872-1930s. |
| Quantity: | 2000 items. |
| Identification: | MSS19980377 |
| Language: | English. |
| Abstract: | Maps and track plans of property in Connecticut, Massachusetts, eastern New York, and Rhode Island belonging to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company and its predecessors, including the Hartford & New Haven Railroad, the Housatonic Railroad, the Naugatuck Railroad, the New York & New England Railroad, and the New York & New Haven Railroad. |
History
The New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association is a railroad enthusiast organization founded in the late 1960s as the New Haven Railroad Technical Information Association. The group's purpose is to keep the history and spirit of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, alive by accumulating and distributing historical, educational, and technical data specifically related to the railroad line and its predecessors.
The New Haven Railroad, formed in 1872 through the merger of the New York & New Haven Railroad and the Hartford & New Haven Railroad, achieved the region's early railroad developers long-desired wish for a link between Boston and New York City. Approximately one hundred small independent railroads were built in southern New England between 1826 and the 1880s and by 1904 the majority were absorbed, consolidated, or merged into the vast New Haven Railroad system. At its peak in 1929, the New Haven Railroad owned and operated 2,131 miles of track throughout eastern New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. The railroad line, beset with financial difficulties after World War II, became defunct on January 1, 1969, when it was absorbed into the Penn Central Railroad.
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Scope and Content
The collection consists of property and track plans of the railroads that became part of the New Haven Railroad system. The collection consists of two parts - maps identified by state and thereunder by town, and maps organized by the name of the predecessor line.
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Arrangement
Series I: Town Maps (undated, 1888-1929) includes property maps and track plans of railroad property belonging to the New Haven Railroad and its predecessors in selected towns in Connecticut, Massachusetts, eastern New York, and Rhode Island. The maps are organized alphabetically by state and thereunder by town.
Series II: Railroad Company (Land Title) Maps (undated, 1872-1930s) contains property maps for some of the railroad companies absorbed by the New Haven Railroad. The railroads include the following: Berkshire Railroad, Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad, Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad, Hartford and New Haven Railroad, Housatonic Railroad, Meriden and Waterbury Railroad, Naugatuck Railroad, New Haven and Derby Railroad, New Haven and Northampton Railroad, New York and New Haven Railroad, Poughkeepsie and Erie Railroad, Ridgefield Railroad, Shepaug Valley Railroad, Stamford and New Canaan Railroad, Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad, State Line Railroad, Turner's Falls Branch Railroad, Union Freight Railroad, and Watertown and Waterbury Railroad. The maps are organized alphabetically by railroad company and thereunder by the stretch between towns.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
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Related Material
Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to New England railroads. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.
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Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Item description, #:#], New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association Map Collection. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.
Acquisition Information
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Detailed Description
| Series I: Town Maps, undated, 1888-1929 | |||||||||||
| Connecticut | |||||||||||
| 1:1 | Andover, 1891 | ||||||||||
| 1:2 | Bolton, 1891 | ||||||||||
| 1:3 | Bristol, 1889 | ||||||||||
| 1:4 | Brookfield, undated | ||||||||||
| 2:5 | Chaplin, 1891 | ||||||||||
| 2:6 | Columbia, 1891 | ||||||||||
| 2:7 | Coventry, 1891 | ||||||||||
| 2:8 | Danbury, 1890 | ||||||||||
| 2:9 | East Hartford (2), 1888, 1891 | ||||||||||
| 3:10 | East Windsor, 1888 | ||||||||||
| 3:11 | Ellington, 1888 | ||||||||||
| 3:12 | Enfield, 1888 | ||||||||||
| 3:13 | Griswold, 1892 | ||||||||||
| 3:14 | Hampton, 1890 | ||||||||||
| 3:15 | Hartford, circa 1888 | ||||||||||
| 4:16 | Manchester, 1891 | ||||||||||
| 4:17 | Middlebury, undated | ||||||||||
| 4:18 | New Britain, 1889 | ||||||||||
| 4:19 | Newington, 1889 | ||||||||||
| 4:20 | Newtown, undated | ||||||||||
| 4:21 | Norwalk (Tax map), 1929 | ||||||||||
| 5:22 | Oxford, 1889 | ||||||||||
| 5:23 | Plainfield, 1892 | ||||||||||
| 5:24 | Plainville, 1889 | ||||||||||
| 5:25 | Pomfret, 1890 | ||||||||||
| OS:26 | Portland, 1897-1898 | ||||||||||
| 5:27 | Putnam, 1890 | ||||||||||
| 6:28 | South Windsor, 1888 | ||||||||||
| 6:29 | Southbury, 1890 | ||||||||||
| 6:31 | Sterling, 1889 | ||||||||||
| 6:32 | Thompson, 1890 | ||||||||||
| 7:33-34 | Vernon (2), 1888, 1891 | ||||||||||
| 7:35 | Hartford, 1889 | ||||||||||
| 7:36 | Windham--Highland Division, 1891 | ||||||||||
| 7:37 | Windham--Midland Division, 1891 | ||||||||||
| Massachusetts | |||||||||||
| 8:38 | Longmeadow, 1888 | ||||||||||
| 8:39 | Plymouth, 1889 | ||||||||||
| 8:40 | Springfield, 1888 | ||||||||||
| New York | |||||||||||
| 8:41 | Beekman, 1892 | ||||||||||
| 9:42 | East Fishkill, 1892 | ||||||||||
| 9:43 | Fishkill, undated | ||||||||||
| 9:44 | Patterson, 1892 | ||||||||||
| 9:45 | Pawling, 1892 | ||||||||||
| 6:30 | Southeast, 1892 | ||||||||||
| Rhode Island | |||||||||||
| 9:46 | Richmond, 1896 | ||||||||||
| 9:47 | Warwick, undated | ||||||||||
| Series II: Railroad Company (Land Title) Maps, undated, 1872-1930s | |||||||||||
| 10:48 | Berkshire Railroad, Sheffield to Great Barrington, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 10:49 | Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, Danbury to Redding, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 10:50 | Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, Wilton to Norwalk, 1911 | ||||||||||
| 10:51 | Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad, Harlem River to New Rochelle, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 10:52 | Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad, New York City, 1908 | ||||||||||
| 10:53 | Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad, New York City to New Rochelle, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 11:54 | Hartford Flood Control, ca. 1930s | ||||||||||
| 11:55 | Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad, 1893 | ||||||||||
| 11:56 | Hartford and New Haven Railroad, Berlin to Newington, 1910 | ||||||||||
| 11:57 | Hartford and New Haven Railroad, Enfield to Springfield, 1910 | ||||||||||
| 11:58 | Hartford and New Haven Railroad, West Hartford to Windsor, 1910 | ||||||||||
| 11:59 | Hartford and New Haven Railroad, Windsor to Windsor Locks, 1910 | ||||||||||
| 12:60 | Housatonic Railroad, Bridgeport to Monroe, 1911 | ||||||||||
| 12:61 | Housatonic Railroad, Canaan to North Canaan, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 12:62 | Housatonic Railroad, Cornwall, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 12:63 | Housatonic Railroad, Kent, 1911 | ||||||||||
| 12:64 | Housatonic Railroad, New Milford (2), 1912 | ||||||||||
| 12:65 | Housatonic Railroad, Newtown to Brookfield, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 13:66 | Meriden and Waterbury Railroad, Meriden to Waterbury, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 13:67 | Naugatuck Railroad, Milford to Ansonia, 1911 | ||||||||||
| 13:68 | Naugatuck Railroad, Torrington to Winchester, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 13:69 | Naugatuck Railroad, Waterbury to Litchfield, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 13:70 | New Haven and Derby Railroad, Derby to Ansonia, 1911 | ||||||||||
| 13:71 | New Haven and Derby Railroad, New Haven to Orange, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 14:72 | New Haven and Northampton Railroad, Hatfield to Conway, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 14:73 | New Haven and Northampton Railroad, New Haven to Hamden, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 14:74 | New Haven and Northampton Railroad, Northampton to Williamsburg, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 14:75 | New Haven and Northampton Railroad, Plainville to Avon, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 14:76 | New Haven and Northampton Railroad, Simsbury to Suffield, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 14:77 | New Haven and Northampton Railroad, Southampton to Northampton, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 15:78 | New Haven and Northampton Railroad, Southwick to Westfield, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 15:79 | New York and New Haven Railroad, Bridgeport to Stratford, 1910 | ||||||||||
| 15:80 | New York and New Haven Railroad, Greenwich, 190? | ||||||||||
| 15:81 | New York and New Haven Railroad, Milford, 1910 | ||||||||||
| 15:82 | New York and New Haven Railroad, New York City to Rye, undated | ||||||||||
| 15:83 | New York and New Haven Railroad, New York City to Woodlawn, 1908 | ||||||||||
| 16:84 | New York and New Haven Railroad, Orange to New Haven, 1910 | ||||||||||
| 16:85 | New York and New Haven Railroad, Stamford to Norwalk, 1907 | ||||||||||
| 16:86 | New York and New Haven Railroad, Westport to Fairfield, 1910 | ||||||||||
| 16:87 | New York and New Haven Railroad, Woodlawn to Greenwich, 1919 | ||||||||||
| 16:88 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Miscellaneous Property, undated | ||||||||||
| 16:89 | New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, Warwick, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 17:90 | Poughkeepsie and Erie Railroad, undated | ||||||||||
| 17:91 | Ridgefield Railroad, Ridgefield, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 17:92 | Shepaug Valley Railroad, Litchfield to Washington, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 17:93 | Shepaug Valley Railroad, Roxbury to Newtown, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 17:94 | Stamford and New Canaan Railroad, Stamford to New Canaan, 190? | ||||||||||
| 17:95 | Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad, Great Barrington to Lee, 1912 | ||||||||||
| 17:96 | Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad, Lee to Pittsfield, undated | ||||||||||
| 18:97 | State Line Railroad, Great Barrington to West Stockbridge, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 18:98 | Turner's Falls Branch Railroad, Deerfield to Montague, 1913 | ||||||||||
| 18:99 | Union Freight Railroad, Boston, 1872 | ||||||||||
| 18:100 | Watertown and Waterbury Railroad, Waterbury to Watertown, 1912 | ||||||||||