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Fairfield County Railroad
The Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, chartered in 1836 as the Fairfield County Railroad, was an independent American railroad that operated between the cities of Danbury and Norwalk, Connecticut from 1852 until its absorption by the Housatonic Railroad in 1886. The right of way established by the D&N continues in operation and is now the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line of the Metro-North Railroad. History Fairfield County Railroad, 1835-1850 The Danbury and Norwalk Railroad was chartered May 1835 as the Fairfield County Railroad.L. Peter Cornwall (1987). ''In The Shore Line's Shadow, The six Lives of the Danbury & Norwalk Railroad'', pp. 132. Littleton, MA: Flying Yankee Enterprises. The objective of the railroad was to build from Danbury to somewhere on Long Island Sound. The backers wanted to end Danbury's isolation. Professor Alexander C. Twining of Yale University was hired to conduct a survey. Several options were researched, and Professor Twining recommended the route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danbury, CT
Danbury ( ) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest city in Connecticut. Located within the heart of the Housatonic Valley region, the city is a historic commercial hub of western Connecticut, home to many commuters and summer residents from the New York metropolitan area and New England. Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City", because it was once the center of the American hat industry, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The mineral danburite is named after Danbury, while the city itself is named for Danbury in Essex, England. Danbury is home to Danbury Hospital, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury Fair Mall, and Danbury Municipal Airport. History Danbury was settled by colonists in 1685, when eight families moved from what are now Norwalk and Stamford, Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Norwalk
South Norwalk is a neighborhood in Norwalk, Connecticut which corresponds to the city's Second Taxing District. Often referred to as SoNo, the neighborhood was originally settled as Old Well, then chartered as the city of South Norwalk on August 18, 1870. The cities of Norwalk and South Norwalk were incorporated on June 6, 1913. South Norwalk underwent major redevelopment during the early 21st century, with many new apartments being constructed, often in close proximity to South Norwalk station, and generally more expensive than existing housing. South Norwalk is a diverse neighborhood both from a socioeconomic and racial perspective. The neighborhood hosts the annual SoNo Arts Festival, an event that showcases local artists, businesses, and musical acts. The annual Norwalk Oyster Festival, sponsored by the Norwalk Seaport Association, is held at Veteran's Memorial Park, across the Norwalk Harbor in East Norwalk. History Old Well The area of present-day South Norwalk devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridgefield, Connecticut
Ridgefield is an affluent New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains and on the New York state border, Ridgefield had a population of 25,033 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Western Connecticut Planning Region. The Ridgefield (CDP), Connecticut, town center, which was formerly a borough (Connecticut), borough, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. The town was settled then quickly incorporated by 1709. History Ridgefield was first settled by English colonists from Norwalk, Connecticut, Norwalk in 1708, when a group of settlers purchased land from Chief Katonah, Chief Catoonah of the Ramapough Mountain Indians, Ramapo tribe. The town was incorporated under a royal charter from the Connecticut General Assembly issued in 1709. Ridgefield was descriptiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branchville, Connecticut
Branchville is a neighborhood of the town of Ridgefield in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, and is also the name of a Metro North railroad station ( Branchville station). Branchville was listed as a census-designated place (CDP) prior to the 2020 census. Some people consider Branchville a part of Georgetown, an adjoining, non-incorporated community at the intersection of Redding, Ridgefield, Wilton and Weston, noting many residences and businesses there share Georgetown's 544- telephone number exchange. Others disagree, pointing to a community vote in the 1950s not to be served by the Georgetown Post Office, which is closer than the Ridgefield Post Office. The Branchville CDP is only in the town of Ridgefield. History Branchville was named for the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad's “branch” line extending west to Ridgefield village, a four-mile (6.4 km) run on a long incline ranchville's elevation is while the old village station was about above sea l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, Housatonic And Northern Railroad
New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 * "new", a song by Loona from the 2017 single album '' Yves'' * "The New", a song by Interpol from the 2002 album ''Turn On the Bright Lights'' Transportation * Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, U.S., IATA airport code NEW * Newcraighall railway station, Scotland, station code NEW Other uses * ''New'' (film), a 2004 Tamil movie * New (surname), an English family name * NEW (TV station), in Australia * new and delete (C++), in the computer programming language * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, an American organization * Newar language, ISO 639-2/3 language code new * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean media company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brookfield, Connecticut
Brookfield is a New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, situated within the southern foothills of the Berkshires, Berkshire Mountains. The population was 17,528 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The town is located northeast of New York City, making it part of the New York metropolitan area#Combined statistical area, New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA combined statistical area. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Western Connecticut Planning Region. In July 2013, Money (magazine), ''Money'' magazine ranked Brookfield the 26th-best place to live in the United States, and the best place to live in Connecticut. Colonists settled in what is now known as Brookfield in 1710, led by John Muirwood and other colonial founders including Hawley, Peck and Merwin. They bartered for the land from the Wawyachtonoc, Wyantenuck and the Potatuck, Potatuck Nations who were ruled under the Sachems Waramaug and Pocono. Sach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeGrand Lockwood
LeGrand Lockwood (c. 1820 – February 24, 1872), was a businessman and financier in New York City in the late 19th century. He built the Lockwood–Mathews Mansion in Norwalk, Connecticut. Biography Lockwood was born in Norwalk. He began his career on Wall Street as a clerk for Shipman, Coming & Co. and later worked for T. Ketchum & Co. In 1843 he became junior partner at Genin & LockwoodObituary, ''New York Times'', February 25, 1872 before founding Lockwood & Company, one of Wall Street's leading brokerage houses, and was a longtime rival of Cornelius Vanderbilt.Ackerman, Kenneth D.''The Gold Ring: Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Black Friday, 1869''Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005, via Google Books, retrieved December 22, 2008 Lockwood was a director of the New York Central Railroad and treasurer of the New York Stock Exchange. In the summer of 1869, Jay Gould, attempting to create a railroad empire with a connection from New York City to the Pacific coast, negotiated with Loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Lockwood
Edwin Lockwood (September 8, 1799 – October 14, 1878) was Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1865 to 1867 and from 1869 to 1870. Early life and family He was born in Norwalk on September 8, 1799, the son of Ebenezer and Mary Godfrey Lockwoood. He married twice, first to Emily Ives Lockwood on October 10, 1829, but she died in 1830. Together they had one daughter Emily, who died before twelve years of age. He next married Emily Olmstead on August 2, 1832. Together they had seven children. However, only one lived to adulthood. He was the uncle of LeGrand Lockwood LeGrand Lockwood (c. 1820 – February 24, 1872), was a businessman and financier in New York City in the late 19th century. He built the Lockwood–Mathews Mansion in Norwalk, Connecticut. Biography Lockwood was born in Norwalk. He began h .... Career In 1862, he founded the Norwalk Horse Railway Company and served as its president. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lockwood, Edwin 1799 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby, Connecticut
Derby is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, approximately west-northwest of New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven. It is located in southwest Connecticut at the confluence of the Housatonic River, Housatonic and Naugatuck River, Naugatuck rivers. It shares borders with the cities of Ansonia, Connecticut, Ansonia to the north and Shelton, Connecticut, Shelton to the southwest, and the towns of Orange, Connecticut, Orange to the south, Seymour, Connecticut, Seymour to the northwest, and Woodbridge, Connecticut, Woodbridge to the east. The city is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. The population was 12,325 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is the smallest city in Connecticut by area, at . Derby was settled in 1642 as an Indian trading post under the name Paugasset. It was named after Derby, Derby, England, in 1675. It included what are now Ansonia, Seymour, Oxford, Connecticut, Oxford, and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York & New Haven
The New York and New Haven Railroad (NY&NH) was a railroad connecting New York City to New Haven, Connecticut, along the shore of Long Island Sound. It opened in 1849, and in 1872 it merged with the Hartford & New Haven Railroad to form the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The line is now the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line and part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. History Background and formation In the early days of railroads, building a line along the north shore of the Long Island Sound was considered difficult due to the many rivers that fed into it. The first all-rail New York City-Boston lines ran north via the predecessors to the New York Central and Boston & Albany (B&A) railroads. Other routes involved combined water and rail routes, some going east via the Long Island Rail Road, other departing the East River waterfront of New York for ports in Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts. However, railroad technology soon improved, and the NY&NH was cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the List of municipalities in Connecticut, most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut and the List of cities in New England by population, fifth-most populous city in New England, with a population of 148,654 in 2020. Located in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, it is a port city from Manhattan and from The Bronx. It borders the towns of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull to the north, Fairfield, Connecticut, Fairfield to the west, and Stratford, Connecticut, Stratford to the east. Bridgeport and other towns in Fairfield County make up the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, as well as the Greater Bridgeport, Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolitan statistical area, the second largest Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in Connecticut. The Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolis forms part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Stockbridge, Massachusetts
West Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The town had a population of 1,343 at the time of the 2020 United States census. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. History West Stockbridge was first settled in 1766 and was officially incorporated in 1774. The town grew out of Stockbridge, formerly known as Indiantown, and was originally called Queensborough. The area was part of the disputed border between Massachusetts and New York, which eventually left the town in its current state. The town grew as five separate villages (West Center, West Stockbridge, Freedleyville, Rockdale and Williamsville), with West Stockbridge growing the largest because of the railroad, which hauled iron ore and marble. The town had an ironworks in Williamsville, founded by Colonel Elijah Williams, and the furnace smokestack is the only part which remains of the works. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
