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- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad abstract "The Ithaca and Owego Railroad was an early US railroad between Ithaca, New York and Owego, New York.The railroad was organized in 1827, the third railroad built in North America, and the longest of the three. It connected the town of Ithaca, on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake with the town of Owego on the Susquehanna River to the south. By 1818 the Cayuga–Seneca Canal connected the Erie Canal to the north end of Cayuga Lake. The Ithaca and Owego was planned to provide a missing link connecting the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes to the coal fields of Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay. Little construction was done until the Chemung Canal was built along a similar course in 1833 via Seneca Lake and Elmira, diverting trade from Ithaca and Owego. At this point construction was started and the work was completed by 1834. The track was standard gauge strap-iron rails— strips of cast iron attached to wooden rails. The line covered a distance of approximately 30 miles (48 km). It comprised an ascent from Cayuga Lake of 602 feet (183 m) in 8 miles (13 km) followed by a descent to Owego of 276 feet (84 m). Two inclined planes accomplished the lift from Ithaca, one driven by a stationary engine and the second by a horse-drawn windlass. Originally the cars were pulled by horse power, An engine, "The Pioneer", built by Walter McQueen of Albany, was purchased in 1840. This engine was in service for a few years before crashing through a bridge killing the engineer and fireman, and the railroad returned to horse power.In 1842 the Railroad defaulted on its debts, and was foreclosed and sold to Henry Yates and Archibald McIntyre who reorganized the line as The "Cayuga & Susquehanna Railroad Co.". At this time the track was changed to broad gauge. In 1849 it was resold to the Leggett's Gap Railroad, the forerunner of The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The D., L.& W reconstructed the line with "heavy T rails," changed it back to standard gauge, and connected to the Erie Railroad in Owego.In 1956 the line was finally abandoned, and now largely comprises the South Hill Recreation Way in Ithaca.".
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- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad endYear "1849".
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad length "30.0".
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad railroadName "Ithaca and Owego Railroad".
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad startYear "1834".
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad successorLine Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad.
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad subject Category:8_ft_gauge_railways_in_the_United_States.
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad subject Category:Defunct_New_York_railroads.
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad subject Category:Erie_Lackawanna_Railway.
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad subject Category:Passenger_rail_transportation_in_New_York.
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad subject Category:Predecessors_of_Conrail.
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad subject Category:Predecessors_of_the_Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad.
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad subject Category:Railway_companies_disestablished_in_1849.
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad subject Category:Railway_companies_established_in_1827.
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad subject Category:Standard_gauge_railways_in_the_United_States.
- Ithaca_and_Owego_Railroad comment "The Ithaca and Owego Railroad was an early US railroad between Ithaca, New York and Owego, New York.The railroad was organized in 1827, the third railroad built in North America, and the longest of the three. It connected the town of Ithaca, on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake with the town of Owego on the Susquehanna River to the south. By 1818 the Cayuga–Seneca Canal connected the Erie Canal to the north end of Cayuga Lake.".
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