Meriden & Cromwell Railroad/Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad Photograph Album undated, 1885-1951.

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Meriden & Cromwell Railroad/Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad Photograph Album undated, 1885-1951.

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The Meriden & Cromwell Railroad ran between these two cities in Connecticut from 1885 to 1888 when its name changed to the Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad, and was extended to Waterbury, Connecticut, until 1892, when the line was taken over by the New York & New England Railroad. The Album, compiled by James M.S. Ullman of Meriden, Connecticut, has 185 photographs of locomotives, stations, and other scenes associated with these railroad lines.

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