Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Company
1854 – 1863
- Business Type
- Corporation
- State of Incorporation
- Massachusetts
- Business Purpose
- Railroad
- Rail Operations
- 1854-1863
- Operations In
- United States: Massachusetts
Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger
- Fall River Railroad Company
- 1846 to 1854, Consolidated
- Old Colony Railroad Corporation
- 1844 to 1854, Consolidated
Timeline
- March 25, 1854
- Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - September 30, 1854
- Fall River Railroad Company and Old Colony Railroad Corporation consolidate to form Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - August 5, 1863
- Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Company and The Newport and Fall River Railroad Company unite to form Old Colony and Newport Railway Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).