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New York and Erie Rail Road
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/New_York_and_Erie_Rail_Road
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Erie_Railroad
gptkbp:category
Defunct railroad company of the United States
Railway company disestablished in 1861
Railway company established in 1832
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:filedForBankruptcy
multiple in 19th century
gptkbp:firstPresident
gptkb:Eleazar_Lord
gptkbp:founded
1832
gptkbp:headquartersLocation
gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
New York and Erie Rail Road
gptkbp:legacy
Influenced development of Southern Tier
Predecessor of Erie Lackawanna Railway
gptkbp:mainLine
Piermont, New York to Dunkirk, New York
gptkbp:mergedInto
gptkb:Erie_Railroad
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Bergen_Tunnel
gptkb:Otisville_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Starucca_Viaduct
gptkb:Portage_Bridge
gptkbp:notableEvent
Completion of line to Lake Erie in 1851
Gauge conversion to standard gauge in 1878
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:Jay_Gould
gptkb:Cornelius_Vanderbilt
gptkb:James_Fisk
gptkb:Daniel_Drew
gptkbp:notableStation
gptkb:Hornell,_New_York
gptkb:Binghamton,_New_York
gptkb:Elmira,_New_York
gptkb:Dunkirk,_New_York
gptkb:Port_Jervis,_New_York
gptkb:Piermont_Pier
gptkb:Salamanca,_New_York
gptkbp:opened
May 14, 1851
gptkbp:originalGauge
6 ft (broad gauge)
gptkbp:regionServed
gptkb:Northern_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Western_New_York
gptkb:Southern_Tier_of_New_York
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Erie_Railroad
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Erie_Railroad
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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