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Title
New York Central Railroad Station, Caledonia
Description
Number 8 on the Burleigh map, depot originally was located next to William Hamilton's produce business on the east side of North St. Constructed in ca. 1853 along with the Canandaigua & Niagara Falls Railroad, the line was purchased in 1858 by Cornelius Vanderbilt's New York Central as its Canandaigua branch--although popularly dubbed the "Peanut Line" due to its diminutive stature in the sprawling rail empire. In 1916 a new station was built on the west side of North St., where it still is standing today.<br />
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In the cutthroat railroad business, Vanderbilt's New York Central was quite aggressive in repackaging its more functional business in freight and passenger service into new, tourism-inspired "Excursions." Here, far-flung locations like Seattle and New England beckon Caledonians along with more familiar attractions like Niagara Falls. It's difficult to judge the success of such marketing; amidst competition from automobiles and consolidation of the rail industry, the Canandaigua branch closed in 1939--and this station along with it.
Publisher
1. Caledonia Advertiser<br />
2. Caledonia Era
Date
1. 1896-12-17<br />
2. 1909-08-25
Contributor
Cooper, Ken
Source
Courtesy of Tom Tryniski / Fulton History
Format
1. jpeg, 264 KB<br />
2. jpeg, 976 KB
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Original Format
Newspaper advertisements