Essex County Railroad Company
1864 – 1880
- Business Type
- State Chartered (Legislative)
- State of Incorporation
- Vermont
- Business Purpose
- Railroad
- Rail Operations
- 1872-1880
- Operations In
- United States: Vermont
Timeline
- November 1, 1864
- Essex County Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Vermont.
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). - December 21, 1875
- Essex County Railroad Company, Montpelier and St. Johnsbury Railroad Company and Lamoille Valley Railroad Company enter an agreement to operate under joint management with The Portland and Ogdensburg Railway as the Vermont Division.
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). - October 18, 1877
- Essex County Railroad Company defaults on payment of interest on bonds and is placed in the hands of receivers.
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). - July 1, 1880
- Lamoille Valley Railroad Company, Essex County Railroad Company and Montpelier and St. Johnsbury Railroad Company reorganize as The St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain 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).