A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport Connecticut Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport Connecticut Vol. 2<br><br>The Housatonic Railroad - The enterprise which resulted in the building of this road began in 1835 it being among the earliest roads of the kind in America. Seven years previous the first locomotive had been imported into the country and only one year before the Boston and Albany the pioneer road of New England had been Opened for travel.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.