Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad
1853 – 1873
- Business Type
- State Chartered (Legislative)
- State of Incorporation
- New Hampshire
- Business Purpose
- Railroad
- Rail Operations
- 1853-1858
- Operations In
- United States: New Hampshire
Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger
- Concord and Claremont Railroad
- 1848 to 1853, Consolidated
Timeline
- January 8, 1853
- Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad incorporates by special act of the State of New Hampshire.
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 8, 1853
- Concord and Claremont Railroad consolidates under special act with New Hampshire Central Railroad Company (whose property later was sold or abandoned) to form Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad , effective May 3, 1853.
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). - May 3, 1853
- New Hampshire Central Railroad Company is consolidated by sepcial act with the Concord and Claremont Railroad to form Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad.
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 20, 1855
- New Hampshire Central Railroad Company property is acquired by the Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad is surrendered to the trustees of the first mortgage, by and whose account it was operated.
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 31, 1873
- Concord and Claremont New Hampshire Railroad incorporates with the consolidation of Contoocook River Railroad, Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad and Sugar River Railroad in the State of New Hampshire.
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).