Railroad History ArchiveDigital Resources and Online ExhibitsSeveral digital collections composed of or including the railroad history resources at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center are available. New Haven Railroad Valuation Maps, via the UConn Libraries' Digital Mosaic at http://images.lib.uconn.edu/. One of our highest use collections, the set of New Haven Railroad system maps created for the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1915, is now available online. These maps are detailed trackplans showing the railroad's property with historical information on when and from whom the property was purchased. Currently we have up 1184 maps from the entire collection of over 2600. The maps you see now are all of Connecticut (note that there are gaps in the routes -- our map collection is not absolutely complete) and all but a handful from Rhode Island. We are now at work on the eastern New York and Massachusetts maps and hope to get those to you soon. Connecticut History Online, at http://www.cthistoryonline.org/, is a collaborative effort of the Connecticut Historical Society, the Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut State Archives, New Haven Museum and Historical Society, and the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, to establish a comprehensive, Web-based virtual collection of graphic images, personal papers and archives, posters and broadsides, sound recordings and transcripts, and maps that document the Connecticut community. Railroad history resources include images of Connecticut railroad stations. This page is maintained by L. Smith.
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