Tuesday, May 11, 2010

May 11

May 11, 1837: Rochester celebrates the commencement of regular passenger service to Batavia on the Tonowanda railroad, the first steam railroad in the area.

Sources and Further Reading:
  1. History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York (1908); Peck, William F.; page 73
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