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Bristol 1855 Railroad Opens Linking Bristol to Providence
The 1855 Bristol era saw the first passenger train to Providence, ending romantic stagecoaches era. The new line completed 85 years of station life, with officers like Samuel W Church and James C Church steering the project. Locomotives bore names, and a bustling terminal on Thames Street connected Bristol to Boston and Providence.
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Bristol
North Creek
R. R
Franklin Street
Phoenix
Samuel W. Church
James C Church
Old Road
Col
Samuel Norris
R. R. Nears
the Phoenix
Providence
Pappesesquaw
Boston and Worcester
Fox Point
India Point
Worcester
Hope Street
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
Sir Perry
Newport
S. Greene
George S. Greene
New Road
George Hazard Pearce
S .H. Nason
Boston and Providence Railroad
Solomon Dodge
Walter Dodge
John F. Warren
Mr. Warren
Samuel Burnham
Nathan Warren
George B Warren
Earle & Prew’s Express
The
Stage Line
Bristol, Warren
Edward Isaac Thompson
Frank H. Buffinton
Wilson 1
Buffinton
Swansey Factory
Swansey
Chris” Baker
Providence Telegram
Christopher I. Baker
Tan
Seth Paull
Offic
Mr Paull
Chris Baker
Chris
W. S. Dixon
Barrington River
General Burnside
Jeader
L. M. E. Stone
William Goddard
Thomas Morrissey
Morrissey
Pappoosesquaw
George Stanton
Cape
Bryer Brownell
Jim West
Billy Howgate
Euclid Nichols, Jr
Ham Otis
Ham Ots
Wright
Henry Goff, Jr
Ham
Blondie
Rawson
David Pierce
Gent’s
Hani
Isaac G. Peck
Pecks
Churces Wharf
Church's Wharf
Thames Street
Church
Thomas Church
Howard W. Church
Samuel Church
Old Bristolian
Old Thomas Church
Pearse
William Pearse
John Wesley Pearse
Luba
Cuba
Benj. Church
Pappasquash
Peck's Wharf