Erie Railway, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Deposit, Broome County, NY

Significance: This important American railway system was the first such system to reach into the interior of the northeast and link the lower Hudson with Lake Erie. It had several engineering and operational firsts in railroading and boasted additional civil engineering advances.

Survey number: HAER NY-124

Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1838-1840 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1843 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1844-1846 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1846 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1858-1860 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1848 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1849-1851 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1868-1869 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1878-1885 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1901 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1923-1927 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1924-1931 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1932-1935 Subsequent Work

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