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The Syracuse and Onondaga Railroad was chartered in Syracuse, New York, on May 13, 1836, and was granted approval by the State to build a road from Syracuse to local quarries in Split Rock, New York.〔 The road was incorporated on the same day as the Syracuse Stone Railroad which was organized for the same purpose. Both roads were consolidated before the construction of the road was complete on October 16, 1838.〔 The small railroad joined with the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad from Geddes into the city proper and the depot at Vanderbilt Square in Downtown Syracuse. ==History== The Syracuse and Onondaga Railroad Company was approved after the passage of two acts by the New York State Legislature on May 13, 1836, incorporating two companies, each with power to construct a railway from Syracuse to the quarries located southwest of the city.〔 The first act created "for a period of fifty years, the Syracuse Stone Railroad Company, a short lived endeavor that was intended to terminate in Onondaga, New York; however, was never built.〔 The second act created the Syracuse and Onondaga Railroad Company for the same purpose. The goal was to construct a railroad between the village of Syracuse and local stone quarries in Split Rock, New York. Legislature stipulated that the line must begin in the city and run to the quarries on a route that "could be adapted to the purpose of transporting stone" back to Syracuse. The road began at the "berm bank" of the Erie Canal at Geddes Street in the city and extended to the stone quarries at Split Rock, a distance of . It followed the "valley of Harbor brook" most of the way.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Syracuse and Onondaga Railroad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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