Name/Title
Stonington Railroad PapersEntry/Object ID
2023.216.88Scope and Content
Collection of records relating to the railroad in Stonington, 1838-1937
*Program, Stonington Railroad Centennial Observance, 1837-1937 (Fred Zeller, Joseph Sullivan, Charles Smith, William Edgar, Stonington Band)
*Annual Report of the Directors of the N.Y., Providence & Boston R.R. Co., 1868 (mentions Stonington Bank, Stonington Steamboat Co. and Ira H. Palmer
*Handwritten list of engines for the Stonington Railroad (Providence to New London), 2 pages
*Memorandum from Dr. & Mrs. Charles V. Chapin, "The Railroad Ferry," 4 pages. Re. completion of the railroad ferry across the Providence River and the railroad line from Providence to Stonington.
*Transcription of article from the Providence Journal, "The Frist Engines Run on the Stonington Railroad in 1837, Improvements in Dash-Pots for Corliss Engines," October 14, 1895, 3 pages. Re. the Roger Williams locomotive on the Stonington railroad.
*Typed paper, 9 pages, re. the opening of the railroad between Providence and Stonington
*Page from scrapbook with news clippings re. the safety guard gate or Palmer safety gate, c. 1878. This gate may have been invented by Ira Hart Palmer
*News clipping, "New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad," 1909, re. stock prices
*"Extracts from Executive Documents, 25th Congress, 3rd Session, Document No. 21, July 28, 1838." 4 pages, includes names and additional information on locomotives in the NY, Providence and Boston Railroad, as well as steam-engines used in steamboats in the district of New London.