The Shore Line Electric Railway and the Great North Branford Trolley Wreck

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Title

The Shore Line Electric Railway and the Great North Branford Trolley Wreck

Subject

Shoreline Electric Railway
Trolley cars
North Branford (Conn.) History
Northford (Conn.) History
Street-railroads

Description

Includes the origins of the Shore Line Electric Railway, a trolley line with service running between New Haven and Old Saybrook, through North Branford, Includes accounts of the deadly wreck that occurred in North Branford on August 13 1917, killing nineteen people.

Creator

Edna Hall

Publisher

North Branford, Conn : Totoket Historical Society, Inc.

Date

1998

Format

Print, softcover, 22 pages, 22cm.

Language

English

Type

Text, with black and white photographs and map

Coverage

North Branford (Conn.)
Northford (Conn.)

Files

The Shoreline Electric Railway (original).pdf

Citation

Edna Hall, “The Shore Line Electric Railway and the Great North Branford Trolley Wreck,” North Branford Library Archives, accessed August 9, 2026, http://207.210.128.49/archives/items/show/37.

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