Hartford and Springfield Railroad
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The Hartford and Springfield Railroad is the continuation of the Hartford New Haven Railroad from the Connecticut state line to Springfield. It is five miles and about nine tenths in length and was owned and run by the Connecticut company under the usual arrangements in such cases. It was opend to traffic and travel on the 9th of December 1844, and is now laid with a double Track. There is a station on the road in Longmeadow.
The Hartford and Springfield railroad corporation was established by an act of the Massachusetts legislature, April 5, 1839. March 13, 1841, the time limit for its organization was extended two years from the fifth of April following, and for its completion a further extension of three years from that date was granted. And, by an act passed February 23, 1844, the time was further extended to April 5, 1846. The road was completed in the year 1844.
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