Shepaug Railroad
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Edward J. Brady collection
2003-82-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-82-0
Scope and Contents
In the 1950s, Brady, an employee of what was then the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad (commonly referred to as the New Haven) and is now part of Amtrak, developed an interest in the Shepaug railroad branch. He acquired original New Haven records that provide detailed documentation of the crossings, bridges, and abutting structures. Records also document original rights of way and the New Haven's unsuccessful and successful petitions to abandon the line in the 1930s and 1940s. In...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2003
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Adelaide Deming collection
1954-46-0
Collection
Identifier: 1954-46-0
Scope and Contents
The Adelaide Deming collection (1954-46-0, .21 linear feet) contains papers related to Litchfield painter Adelaide Deming (1864-1956); her brother, physician William Champion Deming (1862-1954); and other members of her family, including her sister Charlotte (1868-), cousin John W. Quincy (1868-1950), and great grandfather Julius Deming (1755-1838). The collection consists primarily of correspondence and also includes business papers, estate papers, news clippings, a writ signed by Julius...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1808-1956; Other: Date acquired: 05/04/1956
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Historical Society Shepaug Railroad collection
00-1953-31-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1953-31-0
Abstract
The Litchfield Historical Society Shepaug Railroad collection (1953-31-0) contains miscellaneous documents about the Shepaug Railroad.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1869-1895; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1953
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Isabel Foster Murphy collection
00-1952-23-1
Collection
Identifier: 00-1952-23-1
Abstract
The Isabel Foster Murphy collection (1952-23-1) consists of photographs of the Shepaug Railroad and Litchfield Station.
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 10/10/1952
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William Scott Plumb photograph
00-1954-33-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1954-33-0
Abstract
This photograph (1954-33-0) of William Scott Plumb was taken about 1904. For about 28 years, Mr. Plumb was employed as Railway Mail Clerk on the Shepaug Railroad. He left that job about 1916 and became teller at the First National Bank until his death in 1928.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in circa 1904; Other: Date acquired: 08/10/1955
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad Co. payroll, 1895 Oct-Nov
Folder 7
File — Folder 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents
A large sheet with list of employees, their job, pay, and signature. Currently housed in aisle 18B:Oversize box 4.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895 Oct-Nov
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