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The seal of the state of Connecticut is visible on the closer abutment." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Branford_Steam_over_CT_80_085.JPG/250px-Branford_Steam_over_CT_80_085.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Branford_Steam_over_CT_80_085.JPG/375px-Branford_Steam_over_CT_80_085.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Branford_Steam_over_CT_80_085.JPG/500px-Branford_Steam_over_CT_80_085.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Bridge over <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Route_80" title="Connecticut Route 80">Route 80</a> in North Branford just outside the quarry</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tilcon_Connecticut" title="Tilcon Connecticut">Tilcon Connecticut</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Branford,_Connecticut" title="North Branford, Connecticut">North Branford, Connecticut</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">Reporting mark</a></th><td class="infobox-data">BSRR</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Branford,_Connecticut" title="North Branford, Connecticut">North Branford</a> to <a href="/wiki/Stony_Creek_(Branford)" title="Stony Creek (Branford)">Stony Creek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">1903–present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">7.2 miles (11.6 km)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Other</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tilconct.com/products-and-services/barge-and-rail">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Branford Steam Railroad</b> (<a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">reporting mark</a> <b>BSRR</b>) is a 7.2-mile (11.6 km) <a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway" title="Standard-gauge railway">standard-gauge</a> <a href="/wiki/Industrial_railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial railroad">industrial railroad</a> that serves the <a href="/wiki/Tilcon_Connecticut" title="Tilcon Connecticut">Tilcon Connecticut</a> stone quarry in <a href="/wiki/North_Branford,_Connecticut" title="North Branford, Connecticut">North Branford, Connecticut</a>, in the United States. It was founded in 1903 by Louis A. Fisk, a businessman from <a href="/wiki/Branford,_Connecticut" title="Branford, Connecticut">Branford, Connecticut</a>, to transport passengers to a <a href="/wiki/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing">trotting park for horses</a>. Fisk also chartered the <b>Damascus Railroad</b> in 1905 to extend the route of the Branford Steam Railroad to North Branford to serve quarries. The Damascus Railroad's charter was amended in 1907 to allow a further extension to the site of a new quarry adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Totoket_Mountain" title="Totoket Mountain">Totoket Mountain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Branford Steam Railroad took control of the Damascus Railroad in 1909, and has been the operator since. </p><p>By 1916, the Branford Steam Railroad had ended passenger business in favor of freight transport. The company has hauled <a href="/wiki/Trap_rock" title="Trap rock">trap rock</a> from the Totoket Mountain quarry in North Branford continuously since 1914. That year, Fisk sold the railroad to a group seeking to develop a quarry, including <a href="/wiki/Hayden,_Stone_%26_Co." title="Hayden, Stone & Co.">Hayden, Stone & Co.</a> and the Blakeslee family of <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven</a>, who in turn formed the New Haven Trap Rock Company, which became operator of both the quarry and the Branford Steam Railroad. Following a route dispute with the <a href="/wiki/Shore_Line_Electric_Railway" title="Shore Line Electric Railway">Shore Line Electric Railway</a>, the Branford Steam Railroad built an extension southward to a dock at <a href="/wiki/Pine_Orchard" class="mw-redirect" title="Pine Orchard">Pine Orchard</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on <a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Sound" title="Long Island Sound">Long Island Sound</a>, which remains in use today to transfer stone to barges for distribution. Trap rock is also transported by rail to an <a href="/wiki/Interchange_(freight_rail)" title="Interchange (freight rail)">interchange</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the <a href="/wiki/Providence_and_Worcester_Railroad" title="Providence and Worcester Railroad">Providence and Worcester Railroad</a>. </p><p>In 1954, the Branford Steam Railroad purchased its first <a href="/wiki/Diesel_locomotive" title="Diesel locomotive">diesel locomotive</a>; its last <a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotive</a> was retired in 1960, leaving the company a steam railroad only in name. The name has been retained to distinguish the company from the <a href="/wiki/Branford_Electric_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Branford Electric Railway">Branford Electric Railway</a>, a museum dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Streetcar" class="mw-redirect" title="Streetcar">streetcars</a> also located in Branford. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branford_Steam_Railroad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding">Founding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branford_Steam_Railroad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Branford_Steam_Railroad_passenger_train.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A small steam locomotive and tender, along with two passenger cars, parked in front of an open field. Stairs connect the field to the railroad tracks, which are at a higher elevation." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Branford_Steam_Railroad_passenger_train.jpg/220px-Branford_Steam_Railroad_passenger_train.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Branford_Steam_Railroad_passenger_train.jpg/330px-Branford_Steam_Railroad_passenger_train.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Branford_Steam_Railroad_passenger_train.jpg/440px-Branford_Steam_Railroad_passenger_train.jpg 2x" data-file-width="936" data-file-height="992" /></a><figcaption>A Branford Steam Railroad train at the trotting park</figcaption></figure> <p>Louis A. Fisk was a politically connected businessman from <a href="/wiki/Branford,_Connecticut" title="Branford, Connecticut">Branford, Connecticut</a>, who had by the 1890s built a <a href="/wiki/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing">trotting park for horses</a> called the Branford Driving Park.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, park patrons who arrived in the area via the <a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_Haven_and_Hartford_Railroad" title="New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad">New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad</a>'s (known simply as The New Haven) <a href="/wiki/Shore_Line_Railway_(Connecticut)" title="Shore Line Railway (Connecticut)">Shore Line Division</a> could disembark at the <a href="/wiki/Pine_Orchard_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pine Orchard (Amtrak station)">Pine Orchard station</a> and travel to the park on a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) <a href="/wiki/Horse-powered_railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Horse-powered railroad">horse-powered railroad</a>. Fisk, who sought to improve on this horse-drawn service, in December 1902 petitioned the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_General_Assembly" title="Connecticut General Assembly">Connecticut General Assembly</a>, the state's legislative branch, for permission to convert the railroad to steam power.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a favorable report by the legislature's railroad committee in February 1903, Fisk received authorization to build the railroad on March 19, 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new company was named the Branford Steam Railroad (BSRR) to distinguish it from the <a href="/wiki/Branford_Electric_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Branford Electric Railway">Branford Electric Railway</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">streetcar</a> system in Branford.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line was built to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Damascus_Railroad">Damascus Railroad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branford_Steam_Railroad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Damascus Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1900, the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Interstate_Park_Commission" title="Palisades Interstate Park Commission">Palisades Interstate Park Commission</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> forced the closing of <a href="/wiki/Basalt" title="Basalt">basalt</a> quarries along the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a>. This led to an increased demand for stone from <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> quarries.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 18, 1905, Fisk received a charter for another railroad company, known as the <b>Damascus Railroad</b>, which built an extension from the BSRR's northern terminus to North Branford.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike the Branford Steam Railroad, this company was strictly a freight railroad and was not authorized to carry passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, the railroad served Branford quarries for <a href="/wiki/Trap_rock" title="Trap rock">trap rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—<a href="/wiki/Igneous_rock" title="Igneous rock">igneous rock</a> used as <a href="/wiki/Track_ballast" title="Track ballast">track ballast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fill_material" class="mw-redirect" title="Fill material">fill material</a> for roadways, <a href="/wiki/Construction_aggregate" title="Construction aggregate">construction aggregate</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Riprap" title="Riprap">riprap</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Charter_modification_controversy">Charter modification controversy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branford_Steam_Railroad&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Charter modification controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1907, Fisk decided to open a quarry on <a href="/wiki/Totoket_Mountain" title="Totoket Mountain">Totoket Mountain</a> in North Branford.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He applied for a modification to the Damascus Railroad's charter, allowing the company to extend to the quarry site.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fisk attended a town meeting in Branford on March 26 and canvassed support from the town's residents for the railroad extension, finding most residents in favor.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite local enthusiasm, the proposed modification of the railroad's charter faced multiple challenges in the state legislature. The bill to modify the charter initially passed the state house and senate. In early June, a state representative objected to the amended charter because it empowered the Damascus Railroad, a private company, to exercise <a href="/wiki/Eminent_domain" title="Eminent domain">eminent domain</a> (the power to take control of private property for a public use). The representative argued that eminent domain is a power reserved for the government for public benefit.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the bill was temporarily recalled, until on June 7 state Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Marcus_H._Holcomb" title="Marcus H. Holcomb">Marcus H. Holcomb</a> pronounced the bill legal, because the railroad served a public purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While this first challenge to the bill was resolved, on July 12 the bill was vetoed by governor <a href="/wiki/Rollin_S._Woodruff" title="Rollin S. Woodruff">Rollin S. Woodruff</a>, who objected to the charter because it allowed for multiple <a href="/wiki/Grade_crossing" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade crossing">grade crossings</a>, and because he objected to eminent domain being used for a railroad that would not carry any passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The governor indicated he would support the modified charter only if efforts were made to avoid grade crossings as much as possible, per state policy.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After much argument, the house and senate overrode the governor's veto on July 16, allowing the modified charter to take effect.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion">Expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branford_Steam_Railroad&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Haven_Trap_Rock_43_and_38.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/New_Haven_Trap_Rock_43_and_38.png/220px-New_Haven_Trap_Rock_43_and_38.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/New_Haven_Trap_Rock_43_and_38.png/330px-New_Haven_Trap_Rock_43_and_38.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/New_Haven_Trap_Rock_43_and_38.png/440px-New_Haven_Trap_Rock_43_and_38.png 2x" data-file-width="1410" data-file-height="577" /></a><figcaption>New Haven Trap Rock Co. 43 and 38 in 1962, stored after their retirement</figcaption></figure><p> While the modified Damascus Railroad charter allowed Fisk to expand rail operations northward, he also sought to expand the Branford Steam Railroad's tracks southward to a dock he owned at Juniper Point on <a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Sound" title="Long Island Sound">Long Island Sound</a> (between the <a href="/wiki/Branford,_Connecticut#Pine_Orchard" title="Branford, Connecticut">Pine Orchard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stony_Creek_(Branford)" title="Stony Creek (Branford)">Stony Creek</a> neighborhoods of <a href="/wiki/Branford,_Connecticut" title="Branford, Connecticut">Branford</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To this end, he announced in December 1908 that the Branford Steam Railroad would apply for an amendment to its charter in the next session of the state legislature allowing an extension southward, along with improved interchange facilities with the New Haven Railroad.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposed amendment would also authorize the railroad to connect to any quarries along its right of way, and allow the Branford Steam Railroad to assume corporate control of the Damascus Railroad by purchasing its stock.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 29, 1909, the Connecticut General Assembly approved the amendment to the charter, allowing construction to proceed southward and the BSRR to take direct control of the Damascus Railroad.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EM_DSC_0855_(2732591103).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Two small steam locomotives parked in front of a locomotive roundhouse. The left locomotive reads "New Haven Trap Rock Co." and is numbered 43. The right locomotive reads "E. J. Lavino and Co."" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/EM_DSC_0855_%282732591103%29.jpg/220px-EM_DSC_0855_%282732591103%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/EM_DSC_0855_%282732591103%29.jpg/330px-EM_DSC_0855_%282732591103%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/EM_DSC_0855_%282732591103%29.jpg/440px-EM_DSC_0855_%282732591103%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>New Haven Trap Rock Co. Number 43 operated on the Branford Steam Railroad until 1960. It is preserved at <a href="/wiki/Steamtown_National_Historic_Site" title="Steamtown National Historic Site">Steamtown</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>At the same time, the <a href="/wiki/Shore_Line_Electric_Railway" title="Shore Line Electric Railway">Shore Line Electric Railway</a> began to build a line between <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Old_Saybrook,_Connecticut" title="Old Saybrook, Connecticut">Old Saybrook</a>. The two proposed railroad lines intersected in North Branford, which caused a dispute between the two companies.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Branford Steam Railway received permission to build its extension to the coast by crossing most streets at grade (on the same level).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, the Shore Line Electric Railway's proposed route was also at grade, which would require the two railroads to intersect with a <a href="/wiki/Diamond_crossing" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamond crossing">diamond crossing</a> (a crossing where tracks intersect one another at the same level), setting off a dispute between the two companies.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially, the Shore Line attempted to build across the BSRR's right of way, but was forced to stop by an <a href="/wiki/Injunction" title="Injunction">injunction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Branford Steam Railroad petitioned the Connecticut Railroad Commission for approval of its proposed expansion to the dock at Juniper Point on March 21, 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days later, the Shore Line responded with its own petition requesting approval of its planned route, crossing the BSRR at grade.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly afterwards, a third petition was submitted to the commission, this time by two <a href="/wiki/Board_of_selectmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of selectmen">selectmen</a> of North Branford who were in support of the Shore Line's proposed route. The commission decided in favor of the BSRR on June 30, 1910, ruling that its proposed right of way could go ahead, as it was authorized by the state legislature. The commission also ruled that the Shore Line could not cross the BSRR at grade, citing state laws prohibiting steam and electric railroads from crossing at grade in general. The petition by the selectmen was also denied, as the commission asserted it was premature.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Shore Line refused to accept this, and filed a nearly identical petition to the commission shortly afterwards, this time with the direct support of the two North Branford selectmen. In February 1911, this second petition was also denied by the commission, which stated that it lacked the authority to allow the Shore Line's proposed route to interfere with the approved route of the BSRR.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shore Line Electric Railway was undeterred by its repeated losses before the commission, and conceived a new strategy to build its line through North Branford – a property owner in the contested area transferred his property to the Shore Line, which immediately commenced construction in earnest with 200 workmen on the night of February 4 in an attempt to secure the <a href="/wiki/Right_of_possession" title="Right of possession">right of possession</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fisk promptly sued, and following an emergency summons again obtained an injunction forcing the Shore Line to cease construction. The entire police force of Branford was summoned to halt work at four A.M. on February 5.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Litigation over the issue continued for two years, until the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Supreme_Court" title="Connecticut Supreme Court">Connecticut Supreme Court</a> ruled in Fisk's favor on February 6, 1914, and ordered the Shore Line to allow the Branford Steam Railroad to build its proposed railroad line.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Haven_Trap_Rock_Company">New Haven Trap Rock Company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branford_Steam_Railroad&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New Haven Trap Rock Company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Tilcon_Connecticut_quarry_and_Lake_Gaillard,_July_2019.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A view from an aircraft of a long and relatively narrow quarry, with a large lake to its right. Below and to the left are houses." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Aerial_view_of_Tilcon_Connecticut_quarry_and_Lake_Gaillard%2C_July_2019.JPG/220px-Aerial_view_of_Tilcon_Connecticut_quarry_and_Lake_Gaillard%2C_July_2019.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Aerial_view_of_Tilcon_Connecticut_quarry_and_Lake_Gaillard%2C_July_2019.JPG/330px-Aerial_view_of_Tilcon_Connecticut_quarry_and_Lake_Gaillard%2C_July_2019.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Aerial_view_of_Tilcon_Connecticut_quarry_and_Lake_Gaillard%2C_July_2019.JPG/440px-Aerial_view_of_Tilcon_Connecticut_quarry_and_Lake_Gaillard%2C_July_2019.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption>An aerial view of the North Branford quarry that the Branford Steam Railroad serves. The company's tracks can be seen in the bottom right of the image.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Branford_Steam_Railroad_locomotives_1962.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Branford_Steam_Railroad_locomotives_1962.png/220px-Branford_Steam_Railroad_locomotives_1962.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Branford_Steam_Railroad_locomotives_1962.png/330px-Branford_Steam_Railroad_locomotives_1962.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Branford_Steam_Railroad_locomotives_1962.png/440px-Branford_Steam_Railroad_locomotives_1962.png 2x" data-file-width="1399" data-file-height="490" /></a><figcaption>Two General Electric switchers owned by the railroad in 1962</figcaption></figure> <p>Fisk's interests in both the Branford Steam Railroad and the quarry were purchased by a group of bankers in 1914, on behalf of a group of clients seeking to develop the quarry.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These clients included the Blakeslee family of New Haven and <a href="/wiki/Hayden,_Stone_%26_Co." title="Hayden, Stone & Co.">Hayden, Stone & Co.</a>, who in April 1914 jointly incorporated the New Haven Trap Rock Company, which began operating a new quarry on Totoket Mountain.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Blakeslee family owned the C.W. Blakeslee and Sons construction firm, founded in 1844.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the joint venture, the New Haven Trap Rock Company committed $750,000 (equivalent to $25 million in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) to develop quarries and to complete the extension of the Branford Steam Railroad to the docks on Long Island Sound, which had been held up by the railroad's dispute with the Shore Line Electric Railway.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1916, the railroad had ceased hauling passengers and was exclusively a freight railroad.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The quarry quickly grew, soon becoming the primary customer of the Branford Steam Railroad.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Blakeslees subsequently bought out Hayden, Stone & Co., becoming sole owners of the quarry and railroad.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several locomotives were used within the 300-acre (120 ha) quarry complex. Within the quarry itself, several 15-short-ton (13.6-metric-ton; 13.4-long-ton) <a href="/wiki/0-4-0" title="0-4-0">0-4-0T</a> <a href="/wiki/Tank_locomotive#Saddle_tank" title="Tank locomotive">saddle tank locomotives</a> hauled excavated stone in <a href="/wiki/Gondola_(rail)" title="Gondola (rail)">gondola cars</a> to the plant's rock <a href="/wiki/Crusher" title="Crusher">crusher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two heavier locomotives, a <a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a> and <a href="/wiki/2-6-0" title="2-6-0">2-6-0</a> (BSRR 1 and 2 respectively), were used to haul crushed stone from the quarry, either to Juniper Point for loading into barges, or to the New Haven Railroad interchange in Pine Orchard.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1935, the New Haven Trap Rock Company merged with the Connecticut Quarries Company.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With this merger, the New Haven Trap Rock Company became owner of a total of six quarries across Connecticut, including the North Branford quarry. Around the time of the merger, the tracks within the quarry were removed and all but two of the saddle tank locomotives were sold.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 4-6-0 was retired around this time as well.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railroad continued to haul stone from the crusher to Pine Orchard, and operations continued largely unchanged throughout the next decade.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dieselization_and_ownership_changes">Dieselization and ownership changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branford_Steam_Railroad&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Dieselization and ownership changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Newport_Dinner_Train.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A train parked along a railroad track, in front of and parallel to a road. The train includes a purple and black diesel locomotive numbered 6, a baggage car, and several passenger cars labeled "Newport Dinner Train"." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Newport_Dinner_Train.jpg/220px-Newport_Dinner_Train.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Newport_Dinner_Train.jpg/330px-Newport_Dinner_Train.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Newport_Dinner_Train.jpg/440px-Newport_Dinner_Train.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/GE_44-ton_switcher" title="GE 44-ton switcher">GE 44-tonner</a> number 6 served for a time on the Branford Steam Railroad. In 2006 it was acquired by the <a href="/wiki/Newport_and_Narragansett_Bay_Railroad" title="Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad">Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Dieselization" class="mw-redirect" title="Dieselization">Dieselization</a> was taking hold in the United States after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and in 1951 the Branford Steam Railroad purchased its first <a href="/wiki/Diesel_locomotive" title="Diesel locomotive">diesel locomotive</a>, a second-hand <a href="/wiki/GE_44-ton_switcher" title="GE 44-ton switcher">GE 44-ton switcher</a> given the number 3.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five years later, the railroad bought two new GE 44-tonners, which took over hauling trains between the crusher and Pine Orchard.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two saddle tank locomotives continued to perform <a href="/wiki/Switching_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Switching (rail)">switching</a> duties until January 1960, when the company bought another 44-tonner from the New Haven Railroad. From this point, the Branford Steam Railroad was a "steam railroad" only in name.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both of the retired steam locomotives were acquired by <a href="/wiki/Steamtown,_U.S.A." title="Steamtown, U.S.A.">Steamtown, U.S.A.</a> in 1962 for preservation.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around the same time, the <a href="/wiki/Side-dump_gondola_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Side-dump gondola car">side-dump gondola cars</a> were replaced with triple-bay <a href="/wiki/Hopper_car" title="Hopper car">hopper cars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Branford Steam Railroad purchased a new <a href="/wiki/EMD_SW1001" title="EMD SW1001">EMD SW1001</a> in February 1976; the locomotive was delivered in red, white, and blue paint to commemorate the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial" title="United States Bicentennial">United States Bicentennial</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1968, the New Haven Trap Rock Company was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Ashland_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashland Inc">Ashland Inc</a>.'s construction division.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ashland also purchased <a href="/wiki/Tomasso_Group" title="Tomasso Group">Angelo Tomasso, Inc</a> in 1972, and formed a new company called NHTR Tomasso. Thomas Tilling, Ltd in turn purchased NHTR Tomasso in 1979, renaming it Tilcon Tomasso, and then sold the company to British Tire and Rubber in 1984. Tilcon Tomasso renamed itself <a href="/wiki/Tilcon_Connecticut" title="Tilcon Connecticut">Tilcon Connecticut</a> in 1990, and was purchased by <a href="/wiki/CRH_plc" title="CRH plc">CRH plc</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, the State of Connecticut applied for a <a href="/wiki/Transportation_Investment_Generating_Economic_Recovery" class="mw-redirect" title="Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery">Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery</a> (TIGER) grant on behalf of the Branford Steam Railroad. The grant cited a need to replace the railroad's EMD SW1001 switcher and its hopper cars.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2024, the railroad uses an <a href="/wiki/EMD_GP38-2" title="EMD GP38-2">EMD GP38-2</a> leased from <a href="/wiki/GATX" title="GATX">GATX</a> for most trains.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branford_Steam_Railroad&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Branford_Steam_Railroad_yard,_December_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A view of a small rail yard. The main track is in the center and clear, while on several other tracks empty red or white hopper cars are stored. Logos for Tilcon and the reporting marks "TILX" are visible on several of the hoppers." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Branford_Steam_Railroad_yard%2C_December_2015.jpg/220px-Branford_Steam_Railroad_yard%2C_December_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Branford_Steam_Railroad_yard%2C_December_2015.jpg/330px-Branford_Steam_Railroad_yard%2C_December_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Branford_Steam_Railroad_yard%2C_December_2015.jpg/440px-Branford_Steam_Railroad_yard%2C_December_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4204" data-file-height="2014" /></a><figcaption>The railroad's yard at Pine Orchard. The hopper cars are used to carry stone from the quarry.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Branford Steam Railroad reported hauling approximately 1.3 million tons (1.17 million metric tons) of freight in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2012<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Branford_Steam_Railroad&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the BSRR has a total of 7.2 miles (11.6 km) of track.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2022, the Branford Steam Railroad continues to serve the Tilcon Connecticut quarry in North Branford. Some aggregate is transferred to the Providence and Worcester Railroad at the Pine Orchard interchange, but the majority is brought to the docks of the Buchanan Marine Company (like the BSRR, a Tilcon Connecticut subsidiary), where it is loaded onto barges.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-conndot2_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conndot2-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the docks, an enclosed and soundproofed building covers the unloading platform, where hopper cars are unloaded and aggregate sorted by size and then transferred to barges by a conveyor. Tilcon Connecticut uses these barges, operated by subsidiary Buchanan Marine Company, to transport aggregate to locations across the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeastern United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branford_Steam_Railroad&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Branford_Steam_Railroad&params=41.333_N_72.79_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°19′59″N</span> <span class="longitude">72°47′24″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.333°N 72.790°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.333; 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