Adirondack Railway Explained

Railroad Name:	Adirondack Railway
Start Year:	1871
End Year:	1902
Successor Line:	Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Length:	62 mi

The Adirondack Railway (originally Adirondack Company) was a railroad that connected Saratoga Springs to North Creek, New York, a distance of 62miles.^[1] Built by Dr. Thomas Clark Durant, vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad, it was started in 1864 and completed in 1871. After Durant's death, it was taken over by his son, William West Durant, who sold it to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1889. The two companies officially merged on November 5, 1902. A stage-coach line was established to take passengers 28miles to Durant properties at Blue Mountain Lake and further by water to Raquette Lake.

The Adirondack branch remained part of the D&H system and is still partially in use.

References

• Donaldson, Alfred L., A History of the Adirondacks. New York: Century, 1921. .
• Gilborn, Craig. Durant: Fortunes and Woodland Camps of a Family in the Adirondacks. Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1981.

External links

• The Adirondack Branch of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad

Notes and References

1. Book: Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett. History of Saratoga County, New York, with illustrations biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. 1878. Everts & Ensign. Philadelphia, PA.