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The Syracuse and South Bay Railway, also known as the Syracuse and South Bay Electric Railroad, incorporated on May 10, 1900, was an interurban rail that ran from Syracuse, New York, through Cicero to Lower South Bay on the south shore of Oneida Lake, a distance of . The railway and the steamer, ''Seneca'', combined to provide a round trip from Syracuse to Oneida Lake and across the span to the Frenchman's Island picnic area. The running time from the common center of Syracuse, to South Bay took 35 minutes.〔 In 1907, the company was sold in foreclosure proceedings and merged into the Beebe Syndicate of railways in Central New York.〔 The name or the road was changed to Syracuse Northern Electric Railway Company by 1917. ==History== The Syracuse and South Bay Railway Company was chartered on April 23, 1900, and incorporated on May 10, 1900. The company built a road from the center of the city of Syracuse northeast to Oneida Lake. The company planned to be in operation by February 1906. By January 1905, eighty percent of the grading for of double track had been completed. Additionally, the ties and poles were in the ground and the rails had been ordered.〔 On October 27, 1905, the first electric trolley car, drawn by a steam locomotive, passed over the Syracuse and South Bay Railway carrying directors and officials of the company. Syracusans could travel north to Oswego to Lake Ontario and points in between via the Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad to South Bay and Brewerton on Oneida Lake by way of the Syracuse and South Bay Railway.〔 The road ran from Syracuse to South Bay Road, on the southern shore of Oneida Lake.〔 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 South Bay Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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