Sackets Harbor and Ellisburg Railroad

Remains of a railroad bridge near Bedford Creek in Hounsfield, New York. Taken March, 2015.

Jan 1855 map of the state of New York showing its water and rail road lines, by direction of John T. Clark State Engineer & Surveyor.

Sackets Harbor & Ellisburgh Railroad was incorporated on April 19, 1850 and opened on June 1, 1853.

On March 30, 1860, it was re-organized into Sackets Harbor, Rome & N.Y. Railroad before ceasing operation in 1862. Its route took it from Sackets Harbor through Smithville, Henderson, and Belleville, joining the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad at Pierrepont Manor.

External links

• The Sackets Harbor & Ellisburgh Railroad Company