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Monadnock Records of Three Centuries

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MONADNOCK RECORDS OF 3 CENTURIES
Gathered by Helen Cushing Nutting
Copyright 1925

TO MONADNOCK

THE CHESHIRE RAILROAD TO TROY, 1847
Fitchburg Sentinel, leading editorial, December 11, 1847.
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A Swanzey Wreck

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October 11, 1849
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Cheshire Railroad Informally Opened

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The Cheshire Railroad was informally opened for the carrying of passengers and freight from South Ashburnham to Winchendon, connecting at this point with the northbound stages, so that travelers from Boston “now arrive in Keene for dinner.”  A Massachusetts newspaper of the time tells us that  “From Fitchburg the passengers are carried for a distance of thirteen miles over a portion of the Vermont&Massachusetts R. R.
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Chased by a Locomotive

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The Repertory 1925

Author Unknown

“I came along cross-lots and struck our railroad, and was plying about four knots an hour.  Now I’d heard tell about your locomotive, but never dreamed about ever seeing one alive and kicking.  Out about two miles from here I heard something coming, coughing, sneezing and thundering, so I looked around, and sure enough, there she was, coming right after me, pawing the earth up and splitting the air wide open, and more fire flying than oughter come out of a hundred burning mountings.
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Adventures in Transportation

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The Monadnock Breeze Newspaper

April 12, 1902 – “The tell-tale poles, which guard the two railroad bridges in town, were painted yellow and black the first of the week."
 
    November 4, 1905 – “A new spur track has been laid to accommodate the increasing business at the depot.”

March 23, 1907 – “OLD HAYSEED’S DIARY.  SATURDAY, 26 above—Some of those Troy fellers seem to go down to the railroad station just to see the train go by, but the novelty will wear off after a while.”
 
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The Troy Cheshire R.R. Depot

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When the railroad came to Cheshire County, New Hampshire, a depot was constructed in Troy in 1847.  For over one hundred years, the uses of the railroads and its depots were innumerable.  Local businesses such as Troy Blanket Mills and the Troy Granite Quarry were large contributors to the use of the railroad for delivery of their products.  Stones that were quarried in Troy were carried to Washington, D.C. by train where they were used to build the steps of the Congressional Library.

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Troy Railroad test of brawn

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Monadnock Home Companion 7/12/1996, by Steve Sherman

Building the Cheshire Railroad through the Troy ravine to Keene in the mid-19th century was a Herculean effort.

Bob Corette of the Fitzwilliam Historical Society points out the construction cost alone of the line from South Ashburnham, Mass., to Bellows Falls, Vt. was a staggering sum in those days.  With 59 miles, eight stations, six locomotives and rolling stock the cost came close to $3 million.
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