Adirondack Railway
Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Script error: No such module "other uses". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". The Adirondack Railway (originally Adirondack Company) was a railroad that connected Saratoga Springs to North Creek, New York, a distance of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] Built by Dr. Thomas Clark Durant, vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad, it was started in 1864 and completed in 1871.Template:Fact After Durant's death, it was taken over by his son, William West Durant, who sold it to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1889. The two companies officially merged on November 5, 1902.[2] A stage-coach line was established to take passengers Script error: No such module "convert". to Durant properties at Blue Mountain Lake and further by water to Raquette Lake.
The Adirondack branch remained part of the D&H system and is still partially in use.
References
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- Donaldson, Alfred L., A History of the Adirondacks. New York: Century, 1921. Template:ISBN.
- Gilborn, Craig. Durant: Fortunes and Woodland Camps of a Family in the Adirondacks. Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1981. Template:ISBN
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- Defunct New York (state) railroads
- Predecessors of the Delaware and Hudson Railway
- Railway companies established in 1882
- Railway companies disestablished in 1902
- Passenger rail transportation in New York (state)
- 1882 establishments in New York (state)
- American companies established in 1882