The Greatest Highway in the World
by New York Central Railroad Company
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About this eBook
- Author
- New York Central Railroad Company
- Title
- The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, David Cortesi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States
- Subject
- Ohio -- Guidebooks
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 27701
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27701
- Release Date
- January 4, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Transcriber's Note — THE GREATEST HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD
- 3.Contents (Supplied by Transcriber)
- 4.Foreword
- 5.New York to Albany — NEW YORK, Pop. 5,261,151. Grand Central Terminal. — 4 M. HARLEM STATION (125th St.). — 11 M. SPUYTEN DUYVIL. — 15 M. YONKERS, Pop. 100,226. — 20 M. DOBBS FERRY, Pop. 4,401. — 22 M. IRVINGTON, Pop. 2,701. — 24½ M. TARRYTOWN, Pop. 5,807. — 30 M. OSSINING, Pop. 10,739. — 40½ M. PEEKSKILL, Pop. 15,868. — 49 M. WEST POINT (Garrison). — 58 M. BEACON, Pop. 10,996 & NEWBURGH, Pop. 30,366. — 73 M. POUGHKEEPSIE, Pop. 35,000. — 88 M. RHINECLIFF, Pop. 1,300. — 109 M. GREENDALE, Pop. 1,650. — 114 M. HUDSON, Pop. 11,745. — 130 M. SCHODACK LANDING, Pop. 1,215. — 142 M. RENSSELAER, Pop, 10,823.
- 6.Albany to Syracuse — 142 M. ALBANY, Pop. 113,344. — 159 M. SCHENECTADY, Pop. 88,723. — 175 M. AMSTERDAM, Pop. 33,524. — 178 M. FORT JOHNSON, Pop. 680. — 181 M. TRIBES HILL, Pop. 900. — 186 M. FONDA, Pop. 747. — 197 M. CANAJOHARIE (Palatine Bridge), Pop. 2,415. — 216 M. LITTLE FALLS, Pop. 13,029. — 223 M. HERKIMER, Pop. 10,453. — 225 M. ILION, Pop. 10,169. — 237 M. UTICA, Pop. 94,156. — 244 M. ORISKANY, Pop. 1,101. — 251 M. ROME. Pop. 26,341. — 264 M. ONEIDA, Pop. 10,541.
- 7.Syracuse to Buffalo — 290 M. SYRACUSE, Pop. 171,717. — 348 M. PALMYRA, Pop. 2,480. — 370 M. ROCHESTER, Pop. 295,750. — 403 M. BATAVIA, Pop. 13,541.
- 8.Buffalo to Cleveland — 439 M. BUFFALO, Pop. 506,775. — Niagara Falls. — 510 M. DUNKIRK, Pop. 19,366. — 557 M. ERIE, Pop. 93,372. — 584 M. CONNEAUT, Pop. 9,000. — 595 M. ASHTABULA, Pop. 22,082. — 602 M. GENEVA, Pop. 3,081. — 622 M. PAINESVILLE, Pop. 7,272.
- 9.Cleveland to Chicago — 623 M. CLEVELAND, Pop. 796,836. — 673 M. ELYRIA, Pop. 20,474. — 704 M. SANDUSKY, Pop. 22,897. — 757 M. TOLEDO, Pop. 243,109. — 880 M. GOSHEN, Pop. 9,525. — 900 M. ELKHART, Pop. 24,277. — 915 M. SOUTH BEND, Pop. 70,983. — 942 M. LA PORTE, Pop. 15,158. — 975 M. GARY, Pop. 55,378. — 1001 M. CHICAGO, Pop. 2,701,705. — North Side — South Side — West Side
- 10.Facts About The New York Central Railroad Company
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