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| STATION | TOWN | RR | DATE | | | | | | | | | | | | WALDO [btw BALTIC and S WINDHAM] | SPRAGUE | HPF | 1854 | | | | | | | WALKLEY HILL | HADDAM | CV | 1871 |
WALKLEY HILL was a flag stop between HADDAM and HIGGANUM and home
of the first president of the Connecticut Valley RR, James C. Walkley. Thought by some to be his private station, it was used
by the public also, at times heavily. The station agent also handled the arrangements for the steamboats at Rock Landing,
which was on the east side of the Connecticut River and almost directly across from the railroad station. On October 23, 1872
it was reported that station agent George E. Russell sold 407 tickets for to passengers boarding the train at WALKLEY HILL
since June 8. This depot reportedly also had the only locomotive water column between Middletown and Old Saybrook. [REFS:
source of this?; HDC/10/26/1872/04; DC/10/23/1872; RRC8.438 (1874)]
| WALLINGFORD1 | WALLINGFORD | HNH | 1838 | | | | | | WALLINGFORD2 [r101; HDC/11/07/1871/04, ops 11/04/
1871; nrhp1993] | WALLINGFORD | HNH | 1871 |
|
| Leroy Roberts Collection |
|
| Leroy Roberts Collection |
| WALTON | NORFOLK | CW | 1871 | | | | | | | WAPPING [SOUTH
WINDSOR] | SOUTH WINDSOR | CC | 1876 | | | | | | | WARDS SIDING | NAUGATUCK | N | 1849 | | | | | | | WAREHOUSE POINT1 | EAST WINDSOR | HNH | 1844 |
WAREHOUSE POINT1, just east of the river crossing, at the location seen
on the 1855HC map. We have designated this as the first station here, for which we yet have no photo, based in the fact that
the station in the next photo is too large to have been built in 1844 when the railroad to Springfield was opened. [rev9/4]
| WAREHOUSE POINT2 | EAST WINDSOR | NYNHH | 19000 |
|
| Richard A. Fleischer Collection |
WAREHOUSE POINT2 and train approaching from the west across the Connecticut River.
| WASHINGTON1 [r102-wd: burned 1895;
d154] | WASHINGTON | S | 1872 | | | | | | | WASHINGTON2 [crc43.1895.19;
r102: Am Leg; d154,5] | WASHINGTON | NYNHH | 1895 |
| WASHINING3 [<FOLEYS1; BLAKE SUMMIT2 tl 1915; d42] | SALISBURY | CW | 1871 |
WATERBURY1 [BANK ST;
WA/01/03/1908/03: meager;
pape 1:95 sz this was built in 1857, so earlier bldg used??] | WATERBURY | N | 1849 |
WATERBURY1 was "a meager affair" that was built after the station had been in
a hotel by the tracks. The 1852NH map shows nothing at the foot of Bank St. yet.
| WATERBURY2 [MEADOW
ST; r103] | WATERBURY | HPF | 1855 |
WATERBURY2,
the 1855 HP&F station, is shown in this
shot from the 1876 Bailey bird's-eye map. It was usually said to have been on West Main St. but the depot actually
sat at the intersection of Meadow St. and the lower end of Willow St. The important photo to the left shows
WATERBURY2 standing alone at this location, verifying the fact that it was the earlier part of the composite structure
seen below as WATERBURY4. The train in the map shot is on the NRR track and has just departed the WATERBURY3 station
on Bank St. for points north.
| WATERBURY3 [BANK
ST; HDC/01/07/1868/02: HPF t uz(?); | WATERBURY | N | 1868 | | HC/02/21/1908/07; crc56.1908.36] |
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| Leroy Roberts Collection |
WATERBURY4
[MEADOW ST; nher/10/04/1880/04;
LW: station
closes 3/29/1908 along with BANK ST] | WATERBURY | NYNE | 1880 |
We think the building on the left in this photo was the station that the NY&NE
built in 1880 and joined with the 1855 HP&F station, WATERBURY2, on the right to combine to make what we are calling WATERBURY4.
The structure in the center, as seen in another photo, has the word 'Restaurant' over the entrance. Perhaps the
new wing enabled the railroad to separate the passenger from the baggage and freight handling here. The
restaurant certainly would soon be serving increasing numbers of hungry passengers. The NY&NE
was on the verge of success in the completion of the road westward to the Hudson River in 1881, after 30-plus years
of attempts by the HP&F and BH&E had fallen short. MW&CR trains would also use this station from April 5, 1889
until August of 1890, when they just resumed terminating at Dublin St. [Snow, p15]. In the photo to the right, an NY&NE train heads toward Danbury past the station, whose distinctive turret is seen above the consist.
WATERBURY5 [DUBLIN ST; Snow p27 say
not closed to lcl
freight until 7/1950] | WATERBURY | MW | 1888 |
WATERBURY6 [WEST MAIN ST: rr comms ord temp wd sta,
authorized 1893?, takes 15
years!] | WATERBURY | NYNHH | 1908 |
WATERBURY6. The location is shown at the yellow arrow. This was a wooden temporary structure we during the period when
the other two downtown stations were closed. This map from the 1891 Waterbury city directory shows the location of all Waterbury's railroad
stations. Starting from the lower right, there is WATERBURY5 [green arrow], the 1888 MW&CR station
on Dublin St., later renamed Hamilton Ave. WATERBURY3, the NRR Bank St. station [red arrow] is shown
opposite the site of WATERBURY1, "the meager affair"
built by the NRR in 1849 [click here], just across
the street to the north. WATERBURY2/4, the HPF/NY&NE composite station [blue arrow] is seen
on Meadow St., standing exactly where WATERBURY7, the 1909 Union Station, would be built. WATERBURY6
was used from 1908 to July 11, 1909 when the Union Station opened.
WATERBURY7 [MEADOW ST; HC/11/14/1894/05: t b blt
jst so v W4; r103; nhar37.1908.8:
in progress; WA/07/13/
1909/07: ops 7/11/09; Wtby Rep-Am purchs it; nrhp1978] | WATERBURY | NYNHH | 1909 |
| WATERBURY8
[MEADOW ST; sma shelter] | WATERBURY | MN | 19800 | | | | | | | WATERFORD1 | WATERFORD | NLWP | 1849 | | | | | | WATERFORD2
[source for W2?; IHW95 sz on Great Neck Rd]
| WATERFORD | NHNL | 1852 | | | | | | | WATERFORD3
[crc.21.1874.p19] | WATERFORD | NYNHH | 1873 | | | | | | WATERFORD4
[illhistwtfd94 sz W2, 8ft sq, burned per NLDay;
location at today's Richards Grove Rd] | WATERFORD
| CVT
| blt 189495
| | | | | | | WATERFORD5
[crc43.1895.13] | WATERFORD | NYNHH | 1895 |
| WATERTOWN [d102-3; crc56.1908.49: new sta? or renov] | WATERTOWN | WW | 1870 |
WATERTOWN. The original station is shown in the photo on the
left. The addition that more than doubled it in size is marked by different roof shingles and the second chimney
in the photo on the right.
| WATERVILLE1 [d89] | WATERBURY | N | 1849 |
WATERVILLE1. The red arrow
on the present day map [right] shows the
location of the NRR's 1849 depot as seen in the photograph. The blue arrow points to the location of the HP&F's 1855 depot, WATERVILLE2. The 1893 map [left] illustrates the close proximity of the
two stations here.
| WATERVILLE2 | WATERBURY | HPF | 1855 |
WATERVILLE2. The photo on the left shows the structure
looking somewhat neglected. It has no chimney and a double door. Even though the size and shape of the two buildings
seem quite comparable, we wonder whether one was not a replacement for the other. With the NYNH&H's completed takeover
of the NY&NE by 1898, this stop would be renamed EAST WATERVILLE to distinguish it from WATERVILLE1.
| WAUREGAN1 | PLAINFIELD | NW | 1840 | | | | | | | WAUREGAN2 [crc31.1884.21] | PLAINFIELD | NW | 1883 |
WAUREGAN2.
The photo at the right seems to capture Benton (left) and Drake (right) as they scope out the scene to photograph this station
in the 1930s. Obviously, another member of the party took this shot. The valuation photo at left is dated 1911.
| WEATOGUE1
[pltfm and outbldgs only?; burned 1881] | SIMSBURY | NHN | 1849 |
WEATOGUE1,
as seen on the 1855HC map.
| WEATOGUE2
[crc34.1886.57: new shed ala REY BRDGE] | SIMSBURY | NHN | 1886 | | | | | | | WEATOGUE3
[crc42.1894.20: "small but neat;" d111] | SIMSBURY | NYNHH | 1893 |
| WELTONS [d101] | WATERTOWN | WW | 1870 |
| WEST
CHESHIRE1 [c196] | CHESHIRE | MW | 1888 |
WEST CHESHIRE. The station stood high above the intersection of today's Rtes. 70 and 68,
perched on the east wall at The Notch. The photo shows a train headed toward Waterbury looking like it
is just crossing over The Notch bridge over the highway. The top of the railing for the stairway going down to the
street is visible to the left of the train. The arrows on the 1893 topo map show the locations
of the WEST CHESHIRE (red), PROSPECT (blue) and SUMMIT (green) stations. The location for PROSPECT should be on the north
side of the highway: see P stations.
WEST
CHESHIRE2
| CHESHIRE | NYNHH | 1902 |
|
| Cheshire Historical Society, Cheshire, CT |
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| Cheshire Historical Society, Cheshire, CT |
We have designated this station WEST CHESHIRE2 because of differences in the structure
from the photo above and changes in the station layout. The val map [click here] snippet shows the stairway now coming up at the far western end of the long platform and the single fence
banister closest to the station seems to have closed off the old stairway access. The photo on the lower left dates to some time after the 8/1/1905 certification of the CR&L trolley line by the railroad
commissioners [CRC53.1905.35] and shows the abutments for The Notch railroad bridge angled in comparison
to those in the photo with the train crossing over. We think both photos look north. We know that the
MW&CR was realigned at various points when the Cheshire loop was installed for Waterbury-New Haven trains via the Canal
line. Snow [p26] says this service began in 1904 but the Courant [HC/04/30/1902/01] reports a start date of 5/18/1902. WEST CHESHIRE2 may have been part of these improvements or reconfigurations due to the coming of the trolley.
| WEST CORNWALL
[r105-wd, 2-st, lik NMILF1; d78,9] | CORNWALL | H | 1842 |
WEST CORNWALL, as seen on the 1854LC map.
| WEST CROMWELL
[btw WESTFIELD and CROMWELL] | CROMWELL | MC | 1885 | | | | | | | WEST HANOVER
[s11: just we v E HANOVER] | MERIDEN | MW | 1888 | | | | | | | WEST HAVEN1 | WEST HAVEN | NYNH | 1848 |
WEST HAVEN1 was located at the southeast
corner of Wood St. and Washington Ave. The West Haven Buckle Co., incorporated in 1853, is across the street along the south
side of the tracks. The station is shown at
the red arrow on the 1852NH map. The north-south
street to the left is today's Campbell Ave. and the one to the right is First Ave. Washington Ave. has not been built
yet.
WEST
HAVEN2 [in Allingtown; WHJ/04/01/1874/02:
nearly destroyed by vandals] | WEST HAVEN | NHD | 1871 | | | | | | | WEST
HAVEN3 | WEST HAVEN | NYNHH | 189400 |
|
| Leroy Roberts Collection |
WEST HAVEN4 [WB; crc42.1894.17]
| WEST
HAVEN | NYNHH | 189400 |
WEST HAVEN3 is on the left and WEST HAVEN4
is on the right.
| WEST MYSTIC [r106-wd, mvd 1938
hurr?, NYPB insig] | GROTON | NHNLS | 1858 |
|
| TCS Collection |
|
| TCS Collection |
WEST MYSTIC still wears
the NYP&B compass ornament that dates it to 1858. This station is currently for sale and looked to be in good condition
for its age when we visited in May, 2010. It has been turned 90 degrees from its original position along the tracks that still
see plenty of Northeast Corridor action every day.
WEST NORFOLK [HDC/12/21/1871/02: flag stop on
opening; >HAYSTACK 1915] | NORFOLK | CW | 1871 | | | | | | | WEST REDDING [=REDDING:
see] | | | |
| WEST SHORE | ROXBURY | S | 1872 | | | | | | | WEST SIMSBURY | SIMSBURY | CW | 1871 | | | | | | | WEST STREET [VERNON
JCT] | VERNON | CC | 1876 |
|
| Library of Congress |
WEST STREET. Station in the town of Vernon on the
Rockville RR, later a branch of the NY&NE, and a junction point to MELROSE after the Connecticut Central RR built a line
to this station. This image is from the 1895 Bailey map of Rockville [click here]. This stop would also be known
as WESTWAY and VERNON JUNCTION.
| WEST SUFFIELD [crc51.1903.22; d53; HC/10/20/1902/12] | SUFFIELD | CNE | 1903 |
| WEST THOMPSON | THOMPSON | NW | 1840 |
WEST WILLINGTON1 [<TOLLAND1 TOLLAND
AND WILGTN2
on 12/3/1866 nln tt; WW on 6/24/00 cvt tt; r106-bk/cb] | WILLINGTON | NLWP | 1850 | | | | | | WEST WILLINGTON2 [r106-wd/cb,
crc42.1894.24: old
one burned] | WILLINGTON | CVT | 1895 | | |
| WEST WINSTED [d31; rrc16.334 (8/3/1905):
being abd] | WINCHESTER | CW | 1871 |
|
| Leroy Roberts Collection |
|
| NHRHTA Collection |
The WEST WINSTED CW station was
just about a half mile west of downtown. On the map shot to the left, note that the eagle-eyed artist
even captured the unique, trapezoidal water tower that was just east of the depot. Click here and
pan to the left on the full map. In 1905, the NYNH&H would abandon all the CNE stations and thereafter
just use the NRR's WINSTED3 station in the center of town.
| WESTBROOK1 [r107-wd/cb, til
1905/6, NYPB compass] | WESTBROOK | NHNL | 1852 |
|
| J.J. Harness Collection, Copyright NHRHTA, Inc. |
WESTBROOK1 in a 3/19/1930 valuation photo and its location shown on the 1859MC
map. The station was moved away from the tracks and turned 45 degrees from its original position but still stands today.
[REFS: R107]
| WESTBROOK2 [crc53.1905.5 grds
xpnded; HC/07/07/06/ | WESTBROOK | NYNHH | 1906 |
| WESTCHESTER1 | COLCHESTER | NHMW | 1873 | | | | | | WESTCHESTER2 [lr:
1894]
| COLCHESTER | NYNHH | 1894 | | | | | | | WESTCHESTER3 [rrc12.246:
40 ft north of old sta] | COLCHESTER | NYNHH | 1911 |
| WESTFIELD | MIDDLETOWN | MI | 1850 |
| WESTPORT AND SAUGATUCK1 | WESTPORT | NYNH | 1848 | | | | | | | WESTPORT AND SAUGATUCK2 [WB; r107-wd, sltbx] | WESTPORT | NYNHH | 18910 |
| WESTPORT AND SAUGATUCK3 [EB;
r107-wd, sltbx] | WESTPORT | NYNHH | 1891 |
| WESTWAY
[VERNON JCT, WEST ST JCT] | VERNON | CC | 1876 | | | | | | | WETHERSFIELD1
[r108-wd, HDC/08/25/1871/02; fi 90s] | WETHERSFIELD | CV | 1871 | | | | | | | WETHERSFIELD2
[r108: nu ps fm ol fr hse; crc40.1892.21] | WETHERSFIELD | CV | 1892 |
| WHEATONS | PLYMOUTH | HPF | 1855 | | | | | | WHITING RIVER [<CANAAN VALLEY utl ca 1902; HDC/12/
21/1871/02: not on opening schedule; lr sz milk sta he and
jst pltfm for passengers] | NORTH CANAAN | CW | 187080 | | | | | | | WILLIAMS [hpf 9/18/1872tt; >WOODLAND ] | EAST HARTFORD | HPF | 1849 | | | | | | WILLIAMS SWITCH
[1855tt: btw YANTIC
and S WIND,
24 mi fm N LO; LEBANON? (mp 23); WS is not on 1871tt]
| LEBANON
| NLWP
| est 184958
| | | | | | WILLIMANTIC1
[HC/01/05/1850/02: used also by HPF; crc
12.1865.8; 30.1883.54: jtly ownd; w31: blt jtly, bk, $2,225] | WINDHAM | NLWP | 1850√ |
WILLIMANTIC1, as seen on the 1856WC map, in between
the tracks of the HP&F and NLN.
| WILLIMANTIC2
[HDC/01/15/1883/02: t b blt (owned?) jtl | WINDHAM | NLN | 1883 | | by NYNE/NLN; crc31.1884.19: new station has bn blt] |
| WILLIMANTIC3 [k113] | WINDHAM | NYNHH | 19000 |
| WILLINGTON [=TOLLAND, TOLLAND AND WILLINGTON: see] | | | | | | | | | | WILSON | WINDSOR | HS | 1844 |
| WILSON POINT
[crc30.1883.17 WP ops; p104b, p106a] | NORWALK | DN | 1882 |
| WILSONVILLE
[WILSONS; q84j] | THOMPSON | NW | 1840 |
| WILTON1 [r109-wd, 1851, moved so on rte 7] | WILTON | DN | 1852 |
WILTON1, location as seen on the 1856FC map.
| WILTON2 [r109-wd; p103a] | WILTON | NYNHH | 1939 |
| WINDERMERE [ram08:
flag stop] | ELLINGTON | CC | 1876 |
WINDSOR1, as seen on the 1855HC map. [add7/27]
| WINDSOR2
[r110-bk, mans rf; crc18.1871.10; HDC/03/10 | WINDSOR | HNH | 1870 | | /1870/02: being put up] |
| WINDSOR LOCKS1
[r111-bk, nrhp1975] | WINDSOR
LOCKS | NYNHH | 1844 |
WINDSOR
LOCKS1, as seen on the 1855HC map.
| WINDSOR
LOCKS2 [HDC/04/11/1872/04: nu ps and fr depots coming; nhar14.1886.11: being recnstructed] | WINDSOR LOCKS | NYNHH | 187275 |
WINNIPAUK. The location of this station
is seen on an 1867 Beers atlas of New York and vicinity. This was within the town of Norwalk, north of the village itself,
and was a stop on the D&N from its earliest days. Winnipauk Woolen Mills, seen here, and the Norwalk Woolen Mills
a bit farther north were major employers. Cornwall [SL17.4.24] says this was 3.42 miles from South Norwalk and ceased to be
a passenger stop by 1929. The location today would be just about where the Merritt Pkwy crosses.
| WINSTED1 [d30: hotel across from 1877 depot] | WINCHESTER | N | 1849 |
WINSTED1, as seen on the 1854LC map. [add8/1]
| WINSTED1 [d30: hotel across from 1877 depot] | WINCHESTER | N | 1849 | | | | | | | WINSTED2 | WINCHESTER | N | 18500 |
WINSTED2 was the NRR's first actual depot structure in Winsted, the
original station being in a hotel across the street. We are not sure which building that might have been. This image is from
the Bailey bird's-eye map of 1877 [click here].
WINSTED3 [d98; CW uzs N depot, gets
own trk in village
'76; NHJC/12/07/1876/02:
new depot opened yesterday;
HC/09/13/1905/11: enlarged, becomes sole depot] | WINCHESTER | N | 1876 | | |
WINSTED4
[HDC/05/26/1879/04: new depot ops, 800ft ea
v
N depot: inconven cs N and CW won't stop at other's sta] | WINCHESTER | CW | 1879 | | | | | | | WINSTED5 [crc46.1898.23; HC/12/14/1897/11: replaces | WINCHESTER | PRNE | 1898 | | W4; HC/05/24.1898/03: is open; all CNEs t
b abd 8/3/05] |
|
| Leroy Roberts Collection |
WINSTED5 was completed early in 1898 by the PR&NE. It replaced WINSTED4, the 1879 "cheese box on the Flat" that the newspaper said was "squatty,
unsightly and uncomfortable" and was being torn down in December for a new one that "will be immediately erected
a few feet east" [HC/12/14/1897/11]. The new foundations were nearly complete a week later [HC/12/22/1897/12]. The CW
had put up the 1879 station as its own first depot in Winsted, about 1800 feet east of the NRR station. The location
is seen at the lower right on the map. WINSTED5 was described by the railroad commissioners as small but adequate
[CRC46.1898.23]. It was apparently completed in time for the "severest ice storm ever known here" that began
on February 20, 1898, and raged for more than three days [HC/02/21/1898/01; HC/02/23/1898/11]. The completion of
the station by this time has been clarified by captioning on the new copy of the photo [above, right] that also
helps to explain the frozen electric lines. Such captioning, when not cropped out of pictures, is invaluable and
we are grateful to whomever left it in here. WINSTED5 was abandoned in 1905 [RRC16:334 (8/3/1905)] when the NYNH&H eliminated
all three CNE Winsted stations, as well as the old NRR EAST WINSTED depot, in favor of the central NRR station.
| WOLCOTTVILLE1 [>TORRINGTON1: see] | TORRINGTON | N | 1849 |
WOLCOTTVILLE, as seen on the 1854LC map.
| WOLCOTTVILLE1,2 [=TORRINGTON1,2: see] | | | | | | | | | | WOODLAND [<WILLIAMS;
1902 Cram] | EAST HARTFORD | NYNHH | 19000 | | | | | | | WOODMONT1 [crc21.1874.18:
new sta est] | MILFORD | NYNHH | 1873 |
|
| Leroy Roberts Collection |
According to Sarah
Johnson Prichard's The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut [3:811+], this stop came about through the influence of Russell William Ayres, the
station so named by him reportedly for the wooded slope near where WOODMONT1 was located. His death in 1873 [click here] coincided with the year the depot opened. And, we do not know what that Mardi
Gras-like figure is doing up in the air. Scarecrow? Advertising dummy? Very intriguing!
| WOODMONT2 [rrc32.23 (12/31/92):
new station to be | MILFORD | NYNHH | 1893 | | 1000-1200 ft we v "Orange Rd xing;" crc42.1894.17:
4-trk] |
WOODMONT2. Photo taken after electrification here in 1914.
| WOODMONT3 | MILFORD | NYNHH | 189697 |
WOODMONT3. Eastbound station built as part of four-tracking project finished in 1897.
Photo taken after electrification completed here in 1914. [add9/1]
| WOODROW
[<BULLS BRIDGE, <SOUTH KENT, <LILY LAKE] | KENT | NYNHH | 1914
|
According to the newspapers [NYT/12/21/1913/01; HC/12/21/1913/21], SOUTH KENT [see also]
became LILY LAKE late in 1913 at the suggestion of the Public Utilities Commission, which had replaced Connecticut's railroad
commissioners in 1911. The name change was due to an accident in which too many KENT stations were blamed for
the engineer's confusion. The new name, unpopular with local residents, was to be changed to WOODROW with the printing
of the next timetable, (in April, 1914?) in honor of the recently elected President Wilson. Interestingly,
the NYT article reports that town of Kent in its entirety had voted for William Howard Taft over Wilson 94-86
in the 1912 election. The gentleman thumbing his nose is said to be Irving
N. Drake who acted as chauffeur to famed railroad-station photographer Louis H. Benton in the 1930s. Benton
appears in our BRANFORD2 photograph. While some have conjectured that Drake is showing displeasure at the renaming of
this station, the name of which is not even visible here, it is more widely thought that the pair has gotten the bum's
rush from the station agent. According to an online posting, the NHRR was allowed to close WOODROW in 1946
but, as part of the deal, it agreed to continue stopping trains here when sessions at the nearby South Kent School
recessed or reconvened.
|
| Leroy Roberts Collection |
WOODWAY
| YALESVILLE | WALLINGFORD | HNH | 185868 |
YALESVILLE was not an original stop
on the H&NH. It is not on the 1851 or 1858TTs, but is on the 1871TT. The first mention we find in the newspapers is in
1868 [HDC/01/09/1868/02]. [add9/1]
| YANTIC1 | NORWICH | NLWP | 1849 | | | | | | | YANTIC2 [crc24.1877.18;
destroyed by fire 1891] | NORWICH | NLN | 1876 | | | | | | | YANTIC3 [crc39.1891.16:
new brick depot to replace Y2] | NORWICH | NLN | 1891 |
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