The Farmington Cultural Heritage Line is a 80-mile (130 km) multi-purpose rail track located in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
This trail builds on the former New Haven and Northampton Company (later in New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad [NH]), built along the Canal Farmington route in Connecticut and Canal Hampshire and Hampden in Massachusetts, respectively.
The parts of New Haven to Tariffville are part of the East Coast Greenway, a partially completed trail meant to connect Maine with Florida.
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Railroad history
In 1821, a group of New Haven entrepreneurs convened to build canals in Connecticut such as the recently completed Erie Canal in New York. It took ten years to complete and was open for use in 1835. Twelve years later, trains became more efficient transportation options and trade facilitators. A rail bed is lowered to follow the same route as the channel.
The line changed hands throughout its lifetime, from NH & amp; N, NH, Penn Central, Conrail, and finally Guilford, who left a line in the segment throughout the 1980s. The Connecticut Transportation Department bought most of the lanes from Guilford for railroad purposes. In 1991, the Intercontinental Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) states that the ability to use federal funds to finance the conversion of abandoned railway corridors into rail lines.
The walking trail from downtown New Haven, Connecticut to Northampton, Massachusetts, follows the original Canal path and Route 10.
Parts of the original channel still exist, such as the historic "house lock" originating from the original channel time, as well as retaining walls, channel locks (lift for boats), old channel sections, and other features. In Cheshire, Connecticut, the only recoverable key along the original Canal line has been incorporated into Lock 12 Historical Park.
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Path status
The entire Farmington Canal Trail Route is unfinished (72% in Connecticut, 47% in Massachusetts). The trail is divided into three parts:
- south: New Haven-Plainville, Connecticut
- middle: Farmington-Suffield, Connecticut
- north: Southwick, Massachusetts-Northampton, Massachusetts (In Southwick, the track known as the Southwick Rail Trail and at Westfield, It is known as the Colombian Relics Railway.)
Southern
In October 2009, two parts of the trail were paved and open to traffic. With the completion of the 1 / 2 -mile (800 m) section in New Haven, there are 14 continuous miles (23 km)) of the Place Prospects in New Haven ( 41,3137 Â ° N 72,9251 Â ° W /< span> 41.3137; -72.9251 ) through the length of Hamden to Cornwall Avenue in Cheshire ( 41.4985 Â ° N 72.9144 Â ° W / 41.4985; -72.9144 ). In August 2006, Yale University announced it will contribute to the completion of the last two blocks of the road through downtown New Haven, from Hillhouse Avenue to the Audubon Arts District.
The south 2 miles (3.2 km) in the town of Southington was completed in 2010. The final gap is the northern part through Plainville.
Farmington Canal State Park Trail
Farmington Canal State Park Trail is part of the Farm Channel Traces in the towns of Cheshire and Hamden. The green line site was originally used by the original Quinnipiac tribe as a pathway prior to its extension as a path by the colonists. A canal construction project began on 4 July 1825, with the opening of the first section in 1828. On June 22, 1836, the Farmington and Hampshire companies sustained heavy debts and transferred their holdings to New Haven-Northampton Company, resulting in a loss of more than $ 1 million in investor's capital. In 1847, investors in the company petitioned the state for the right to build a railroad. The approved railway is built within a year on the banks of the canal for a total cost of $ 186,000.33. The rail service lasted until the 1980s, when Guilford stopped the service. The Farmington Valley Trails Council was established in 1992 to preserve the canal by turning it into a park. Part of the Farmington Canal State Park trail was presented on May 22, 1994. Located on North Brooksvale Street is Lock 12 Historical Park, restored canal lock and a museum dubbed "best manicured relic of the Connecticut canal era."
Parts developed within park boundaries run 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Cornwall Street in Cheshire to Todd Street in Hamden and include the renovated Lock Lock Farmington, located south of Brooksvale Road in Cheshire.
Crossing
See also
- Farmington Canal
- Hampshire and Hampden Canal
- New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad
- New Haven and Northampton Company
- Penn Central Transportation Company
- Conrail
- Guilford Transportation Industry
References
External links
- Farmington Farm Heritage Trail and Farmington River Trail, website "The Farmington Valley Trails Council & Farmington Train Associations" Association
- Farmington Canal Rail to Trail Association/Farmington Canal Trail (south)
- Farmington Valley Trail Council/Farmington Valley Greenway (north)
- "Enjoy Greenway Canal Farmington". New Haven list. 08/03/2008. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15 . Retrieved 2008-10-05 .
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