Name/Title
Midway Yard PapersEntry/Object ID
2026.040.115Scope and Content
Collection of correspondence, maps, plans, articles and research notes related to Groton's Midway Yard, including an article by Edward J. Ozog published in the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad magazine "Shoreliner," 1981.Context
The Midway Yard was built in 1904 by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, roughly "midway" between Boston and New York. It was located at the junction of the "Old Groton Main" and the Thames River Bridge Extension just east of the Poquonnock River (at the northern edge of present day Bluff Point State Park). At its peak, the yard had a large roundhouse, turntable, boiler house, blacksmith shop, icing facilities, sand houses, bunk houses and a hotel. Use of the yard began to decline in the late 1920s and it was deactivated in the early 1930s.Collection
Carol Kimball CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.040Source or Donor
Carol KimballAcquisition Method
TransferLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
CorrespondenceNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Details
Creator
Carol KimballDate(s) of Creation
circa 1978 - circa 1981Archive Size/Extent
1 folderProvenance
Notes
Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026
