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Several
digital collections composed of or including the railroad history resources
at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center are available.
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.
Steam and Electric Locomotives of the New Haven Railroad Digital
Project, at http://railroads.uconn.edu/locomotives/
shows 460 images of New Haven Railroad motive equipment owned by the
railroad in the early 1900s. The images were taken by railroad enthusiast
Fred
Otto Makowsky, a resident of Springdale, Connecticut.
The Connecticut Historic Preservation Collection, at http://chpc.lib.uconn.edu/, has archaeological and architectural surveys and documentation
studies of Connecticut properties, including many railroad stations and sites in Connecticut.
Railroad Stations in Southern New England, at http://railroads.uconn.edu/exhibits/railroadstations/index.html,
show photographs from the Railroad History Collections, many of which
were displayed in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center from August to
October 2004.
A Tribute to Union Station of Canaan, Connecticut, at http://railroads.uconn.edu/exhibits/canaan/index.html.
The Canaan Station was destroyed by arson in October 2001. Shown here
are images of the station, in its prime and after the fire, that are
held in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
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