Charlestown Branch Railroad Company

1836 – 1846

Business Type
State Chartered (Legislative)
State of Incorporation
Massachusetts
Business Purpose
Railroad
Rail Operations
1839-1845
Operations In
United States: Massachusetts

Timeline

April 9, 1836
Charlestown Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 17, 1841
Charlestown Branch Railroad Company is authorized by special act to extend road.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
January 31, 1846
Charlestown Branch Railroad Company is sold to Fitchburg Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).