Pontchartrain Rail-Road was the first railway in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chartered in 1830, the railroad began carrying people and goods between the Mississippi...
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Lake Pontchartrain (/ˈpɒntʃətreɪn/ PON-chə-trayn) is an estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It covers an area of 630 square...
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This is a list of the earliest railroads in North America, including various railroad-like precursors to the general modern form of a company or government...
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Southern Lake Pontchartrain Bridge is a rolling lift trunnion bridge that carries a single-track of Norfolk Southern rail line over Lake Pontchartrain between...
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French Quarter). In 1831 the Pontchartrain Railroad was built from that location straight to Lake Pontchartrain. The railroad carried both goods and passengers...
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extend directly from the riverfront to Lake Pontchartrain 8 km (5.0 mi) away. In 1830-31 the Pontchartrain Railroad was built, with its tracks down the center...
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today the Marigny Triangle of the Faubourg Marigny. The Pontchartrain Railroad, the first US railroad away from the Atlantic coast, ran for a century along...
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Railroad (PRR) Pontchartrain Railroad Pontiac and Detroit Railroad Prince Edward Island Railway (PEIR) Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Reading Railroad (RDG)...
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Streetcars in New Orleans (redirect from New Orleans and Carollton Railroad)
summary of New Orleans streetcar history. On April 23, 1831, the Pontchartrain Railroad Company (PRR) established the first rail service in New Orleans...
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Horsecar (redirect from Horse-powered railroad)
Orleans in 1832, operated by the Pontchartrain Railroad Company, followed by those in 1832 on the New York and Harlem Railroad in New York City. The latter...
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Standard-gauge railway (redirect from Standard gauge railroad tracks)
(1,422 mm). The New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad used 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) The Pontchartrain Railroad used 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) The trams in Nuremberg...
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Regional Transit Authority (NORTA). Pontchartrain Railroad 4 ft 8 in gauge railway 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) Confederate Railroads - New Orleans & Carrollton Williams...
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with railroad companies. By the American Civil War, most of the Dimitry family fought for the Confederacy. Pandely was in control of the Pontchartrain Railroad...
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following railroad companies operate in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Acadiana Railway (AKDN) Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM) Baton...
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Alexandria Railroad Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Petersburg Railroad Piedmont Railroad Pontchartrain Railroad Raleigh and...
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of his life. By 1859, he was hired as the superintendent of the Pontchartrain Railroad. While the Union forces controlled the South Pandely was able to...
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St. Charles Streetcar Line (category Railroad-related National Historic Landmarks)
Orleans and Carrollton Railroad in February 1833, the second railway in Greater New Orleans after the Pontchartrain Railroad. Passenger and freight services...
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Carrollton Railroad Became the St. Charles Streetcar Line, converted to 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1,588 mm) North Carolina Railroad Pontchartrain Railroad Raleigh and...
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side. On the upper edge of the Ward, the commercially important Pontchartrain Railroad ran for about 100 years, connecting the Riverfront with Milneburg...
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era. In Louisiana, the Pontchartrain Rail-Road, a 5-mile (8.0 km) route connecting the Mississippi River with Lake Pontchartrain at New Orleans was completed...
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for export to the United States including a 2-2-0 Fulton for the Pontchartrain Railroad in 1834, New Orleans and Carrollton for the St. Charles Streetcar...
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continuously to the present day. 1830 – Introduction of natural gas 1831 – Pontchartrain Railroad begins operating. 1832 – First steam-powered cotton press 1833 –...
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Perseverance (1829) - similar in layout to Union by Rothwell, Hick & Co. Pontchartrain Railroad List of Saxon locomotives and railcars List of Liverpool and Manchester...
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from 5 to 11, the Canal Bank built the New Basin Canal and the Pontchartrain Railroad began locomotive service in 1832. Governor Roman is credited with...
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1830 when the Pontchartrain Railroad connected the Faubourg Marigny with the settlement of Milneburg on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain. “The area has...
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Pandelly was also the superintendent of the Pontchartrain Railroad and by the 1880s Dracos was listed as the railroad station agent for Carencro and eventually...
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The Pontchartrain Expressway is a parallel six-lane section of Interstate 10 (I-10) and U.S. Route 90 Business (US 90 Bus.) in New Orleans, Louisiana...
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Numerous steamboats were wrecked on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, and much of the Pontchartrain Railroad was flooded or washed out, with damage estimated...
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Orleans Parish, within the city limits of New Orleans, between Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne in Louisiana. Between Lake St. Catherine and Lake Borgne...
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Charles Morgan (businessman) (category 19th-century American railroad executives)
chartered the steamer James Adger. Morgan forged a rate deal with the Pontchartrain Railroad on April 17, 1866. He received 75 percent of the revenue for their...
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