First Annual Report of the Directors of the Hudson River Rail-road Company, to the Stockholders, June 12th, 1848.
New York: Van Norden, 1848. The 1st annual report of the Hudson River Railroad, not recorded on OCLC. (Early reports authorizing the construction of the railroad from NY to Albany are dated 1848; the 2nd Annual Report of the Directors of the Hudson River Railroad is dated August 1849)
The New York & Harlem Railroad (NY&H) was incorporated in 1831 to build a line in Manhattan from 23rd Street north to 129th Street between Third and Eighth Avenues (the railroad chose to follow Fourth Avenue). At first the railroad was primarily a horsecar system, but in 1840 the NY&H's charter was amended to allow it to build north toward Albany. In 1844 the rails reached White Plains and in January 1852 the NY&H made connection with the Western Railroad (later Boston & Albany) at Chatham, New York, creating a New York-Albany route. The Hudson was a busy river, and the towns along it felt no need for a railroad - except during the winter when ice prevented navigation. Poughkeepsie interests organized the Hudson River Railroad in 1847.
8vo, 24 page pamphlet. Printed paper wrappers, one folding sheet of statistics tipped-in. Ex-lib with Hamilton College Library stamp and catalog numbers at front cover, and slt foxing internally, o/w very good. A fascinating first look at the Hudson River Rail line with the progress to date," now about 3000 men working between this city and Poughkeepsie, the most of them between the city and Breakneck hill." (p2). Item #29072
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