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51-564: It was originally planned as part of a connecting line between the East Coast of the United States and Buffalo, New York . The railroad was incorporated on February 17, 1870 to run from the vicinity of Williamsport to Jersey Shore , up Pine Creek and down the Allegheny River to Port Allegany , as part of a route to Buffalo. While it was organized under a new charter, this represented

102-633: A bold venture. The coal companies were plagued by labor disputes, and the deposits they mined were diminishing. The NYC feared that its rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad , would use its control over coal shipments from central Pennsylvania to inflate the price of that fuel. The solution decided upon was that the coal companies, backed by the NYC, would build a new rail line into the Clearfield Coalfield and open new mines there. Coal would move north over

153-471: A center for resort and travel destinations in the United States. New York City is the most populous city in the country and a major world financial center. Seventy-one of the world's Fortune 500 companies have their corporate headquarters in New York City, while Midtown Manhattan , with 400 million square feet of office space in 2018, is the largest central business district in the world. Washington, D.C.

204-743: A connection with the Elmira, Jefferson and Canandaigua Railroad at Stanley, New York , on the proposed line from Geneva to Hornellsville, to the Lake Ontario port of Sodus Point . While the latter two railroads were later consolidated to become the Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad , part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system, that company never exercised its rights to build the Geneva-to-West Branch line. From 1878 to 1882, there were several unsuccessful attempts in Greenwood to seize and sell property to pay

255-529: A continuation of the Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and State Line Railroad project; that corporation had made surveys up Pine Creek with the aim of connecting with another railroad on the northern border of the state, possibly extending as far west as McKean County to do so. Sobieski Ross assumed the presidency of the company and began pushing grading from Jersey Shore towards Coudersport . On December 1, 1871, President Ross wrote to George B. McClellan , extolling

306-550: A portion of it was graded at that time. The RH&PC, which merged with two other railways to become the Geneva, Hornellsville, and Pine Creek Railway in 1876, never completed the line and town citizens were asked to repay the bonds. This led to the Greenwood, New York, insurrection of 1882 . In 1896, Greenwood got rail service from the New York & Pennsylvania Railroad , which used some of

357-443: A warm temperate climate ( Cfa Köppen/ Do Trewartha) with long and hot summers with at least one month over 22°C (71.6°F), cool winters with all months over freezing, and six to seven months above 50°F. Although winter precipitation is more likely to fall as rain than as snow, occasional heavy snow is possible. The area from the southern Delmarva Peninsula , southeast Virginia, and central North Carolina south to central Florida

408-536: Is humid subtropical ( Cfa/Cf ), with hot and rainy summers, mild and drier winters, and eight to twelve months above 50°F. Urban heat island exclaves of this zone are found north of this area in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The region of Florida from the south-central region of the state south to the Florida Keys has a tropical climate ( Af/Aw/Ar ) that is usually frost-free and warm to hot all year, and all of

459-516: Is more likely to fall as rain than as snow, occasional heavy snow is possible. The East Coast, with the exception of eastern Maine, is a low-relief, passive margin coast. It has been shaped by the Pleistocene glaciation in the far northern areas in New England, with offshore islands such as Nantucket , Martha's Vineyard , Block Island , and Fishers Island . From northern New Jersey southward,

510-429: Is the federal capital and political nerve center of the United States. Many organizations such as defense contractors, civilian contractors, nonprofit organizations, lobbying firms, trade unions, industry trade groups and professional associations have their headquarters in or near Washington, D.C., in order to be close to the federal government . Miami is one of the top domestic and international travel destinations in

561-651: The Pine Creek Railway on February 6, 1884. Most of the rest of the planned route between Ansonia and Coudersport saw track laid by the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad and dependent logging lines; however, it was not connected so as to form a through route, and the summit tunnel was never built. As the Pine Creek Railway, the new line formed an important part of the Fall Brook's system. The Fall Brook already leased

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612-726: The Potomac River , respectively, both of which are tidal arms of the Atlantic Ocean. The original Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America all lay along the East Coast. Two additional U.S. states on the East Coast were not among the original Thirteen Colonies: Maine became part of the English Colony of Massachusetts in 1677 and Florida was held by the British from

663-560: The Rochester, Hornellsville, and Pine Creek Railroad , was chartered in 1872 and would have built south from Hornellsville, New York to the state line as part of a route from Hornellsville to Williamsport, which would have used the tracks of the JSPC&;SL or JSPC&B for the portion in Pennsylvania. As originally contemplated, the Pennsylvania portion of the route would have run directly down

714-604: The 12 months of the year average above 18 °C (64.4 °F). This region of Florida is the only tropical climate in the continental U.S. Although landfalls are rare, the Eastern Seaboard is susceptible to hurricanes in the Atlantic hurricane season, officially running from June 1 to November 30, although hurricanes can occur before or after these dates. Hurricanes Hazel , Hugo , Bob , Isabel , Irene , and Sandy , and most recently Florence , Isaias , Henri , and Ida are some of

765-625: The Corning, Cowanesque & Antrim and a series of NYC-controlled lines in New York, giving it a continuous line from Tioga County to the NYC main line at Lyons, New York . On July 1, 1892, the Fall Brook Coal Company separated its railroad and coal interests, transferring the Pine Creek Ry. lease to the new Fall Brook Railway . However, the independent operation of these lines by the Fall Brook

816-739: The East Coast is connected from the Annisquam River in Gloucester, Massachusetts to Miami, Florida , by the Intracoastal Waterway , also known as the East Coast Canal, which was completed in 1912. Amtrak's Downeaster and Northeast Regional offer the main passenger rail service on the Seaboard. The Acela Express offers the only high-speed rail passenger service in the Americas, by

867-518: The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania) below Ansonia. The new line began regular service on June 4, 1883 and was opened over its whole length on July 1, 1883. The new line was not directly operated by the New York Central; rather, on December 18, 1882, it was leased to the Fall Brook Coal Company from the date of completion (officially June 30, 1883) for twenty years. The company's name was changed to

918-632: The Pine Creek valley, but by the beginning of 1873, the RH&;PC had decided that such a route would be uneconomical and had decided on a less direct route, reaching Pine Creek via the Wellsboro and Lawrenceville Railroad and an extension southwest from Antrim, Pennsylvania . While grading of the JSPC&B began on June 12, 1873, the Panic of 1873 soon brought a halt to construction. The Gaines and State Line Railroad

969-479: The Pine Creek watershed would leave Mill Creek to climb along Nelson Run . A summit tunnel 2,300 feet (700 m) long was planned, which would suffice to carry a line from the headwaters of Nelson Run into Splash Dam Hollow, then down Lyman Run to the West Branch Pine Creek , reaching the main stream of Pine Creek at Galeton . Besides the JSPC&B's value as a trunk line , Ross hopefully anticipated

1020-704: The RH&PC and the Gaines and State Line Railroad merged with the Geneva and Hornellsville Railway, creating the Geneva, Hornellsville, and Pine Creek Railway . It had $ 2,675,000 in capital stock. It did not complete the RH&PC line. The Geneva, Hornellsville and Pine Creek was in turn consolidated with the Ontario Southern Railroad on December 17, 1879, to become the Lake Ontario Southern Railway . The Ontario Southern carried coal traffic north from

1071-475: The RH&PC grading. The president of the company was S.M. Alley and John M. Finch was the acting Superintendent of Operations. The company offices were located on Canisteo Street in Hornellsville, New York (today Hornell, New York ). There was $ 250,000 of capital stock authorized, which was subscribed in full; $ 136,325 had been received by the date of the 1873 annual report. At that time, about $ 84,000

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1122-507: The United States in 1776 were located on this coast, and it has played an important role in the development of the United States. The region is generally understood to include the U.S. states that border the Atlantic Ocean: Connecticut , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , North Carolina , Rhode Island , South Carolina , and Virginia , as well as

1173-415: The United States. Miami is the warmest major city in the continental United States in winter, which contributes to it being a major tourism hub for international visitors. Miami has one of the largest concentrations of international banks in the United States, and the third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over 439 high-rises, 68 of which exceed 490 ft (149 m). Port of Miami is the busiest cruise port in

1224-662: The advantages of the route. McClellan was then president of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad , which shipped petroleum to New York City over the Erie Railway . The Erie's service was felt to be unsatisfactory, and the A&;GW potentially interested in a new partner. The eastern end of the A&GW was at Salamanca, New York , about 35 miles (56 km) from Port Allegany along the Allegheny River, and could easily be extended along

1275-514: The coastal plain broadens southwards, separated from the Piedmont region by the Atlantic Seaboard fall line of the East Coast rivers, often marking the head of navigation and prominent sites of cities. The coastal areas from Long Island south to Florida are often made up of barrier islands that front the coastal areas, with the long stretches of sandy beaches. Many of the larger capes along

1326-514: The coastline lies along the Atlantic Ocean . The 14 states that have a shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean are (from north to south): Maine , New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , and Florida . Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. border the Delaware River and

1377-485: The development of traffic along the line from lumbering , coal mining, and iron manufacturing. In the end, only lumbering and tanning would play a significant role in the industry of the area. The coal beds along the Allegheny River west of Coudersport were proclaimed "worthless" by the State Geological Survey in 1885, nor could the local iron ore deposits be economically worked. Another proposed railroad,

1428-524: The end of the French and Indian War until 1781 and was part of New Spain until 1821. In present-day Florida, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León made the first textual records of the state during his 1513 voyage. The state was initially named for Ponce de Ponce de León, who called the peninsula La Pascua Florida in recognition of the verdant landscape and because it was the Easter season. Delaware Colony and

1479-505: The federal capital of Washington, D.C. , and non-coastline states: Pennsylvania , Vermont , and West Virginia . The place name East Coast derives from the idea that the contiguous 48 states are defined by two major coastlines, one at the western edge and one on the eastern edge. Other terms for referring to this area include the Eastern Seaboard , which is another term for coastline, Atlantic Coast, and Atlantic Seaboard because

1530-512: The first spot in the United States that immigrants arrived and the close proximity of Europe , the Caribbean , and Latin America , the East Coast is home to a diverse population and home to multi-cultures when compared to the rest of the U.S. From the strong Latin culture in southern Florida , to the 200-year-old Gullah culture of the low country coastal islands of Georgia and South Carolina , to

1581-539: The former Fall Brook system to form the Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad , which in turn was merged into the New York Central on December 22, 1914. After the 1899 takeover, the former Fall Brook lines were operated by the NYC as the Fall Brook District, Pennsylvania Division. The Pine Creek line was one of those taken over by Conrail in 1976, but the last train ran on the route on October 7, 1988. After

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1632-417: The largest city and the largest metropolitan area on the East Coast. The East Coast is the most populated coastal area in the United States. Hartford The primary Interstate Highway along the East Coast is Interstate 95 , completed in 2018, which replaced the historic U.S. Route 1 ( Atlantic Highway ), the original federal highway that traversed all East Coast states, except Delaware . By water,

1683-1393: The lenient US definition of high speed rail. Between New York and Boston the Acela Express has up to a 54% share of the combined train and air passenger market. Some of the largest airports in the United States are located along the East Coast of the United States, such as John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens , New York City , Logan International Airport in Boston , Newark Liberty Airport in Newark, New Jersey , Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia , Baltimore–Washington International Airport near Baltimore , Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. , Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport in Atlanta , Miami International Airport in Miami , Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina , Tampa International Airport in Tampa , and Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida . As

1734-416: The line would run borrowed money, in Greenwood's case $ 30,000 (equivalent to $ 763,000 in 2023); Hornellsville borrowed $ 70,000 and West Union $ 41,000. In 1875, two new railroads were proposed to connect with the RH&PC. The Gaines and State Line Rail Road was incorporated in Pennsylvania on November 4, 1875 to run from West Branch Township, Pennsylvania through Potter and Tioga counties to reach

1785-457: The lower East Coast are in fact barrier islands, like the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Cape Canaveral , Florida. The Florida Keys are made up of limestone coral and provide the only coral reefs on the U.S. mainland. In 2010, the population of the states that have shoreline on the East Coast was estimated at 112,642,503 (about 36% of the country's total population). New York City is both

1836-449: The main line to build a new connection from the Fall Brook's Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railroad at Stokesdale Junction, near Wellsboro , and follow Marsh Creek to Pine Creek and the original JSPC&B route at Ansonia , and then pass downstream to Jersey Shore and the Reading connection at Newberry. Magee and the NYC were not particularly interested in the remainder of the route to

1887-525: The many historic cities in the Mid-Atlantic , where a strong English, German, Italian, Irish, and French culture are present, the East Coast is significantly more diverse than the rest of the United States. Numerous Chinatowns in New York City , and Little Havana in Miami , are examples of such cultural centers in the bigger cities. The East Coast is home to much of the political and financial power and

1938-686: The monthly mean temperature of the coldest month (January) and the number of months averaging above 50 °F (10 °C), respectively. The region from northern Maine and Upstate New York south to almost all of Connecticut, most of northern New Jersey (except for areas close enough to New York City ), most of Pennsylvania, and western Maryland has a humid continental climate ( Dfa/Dfb/Dc ), with warm-to-hot summers, cold and snowy winters with at least one month averaging below freezing, and four to seven months with mean temperatures warmer than 50 °F. The area from Martha's Vineyard and extreme SW Rhode Island to southern Delaware and western North Carolina has

1989-459: The more significant storms to have affected the region. The least common climate on the East Coast is the oceanic ( Cfb/Do ), which is only found on Block Island , Nantucket , and the Outer Cape and Chatham on Cape Cod , and in areas of the southern Appalachian Mountains . This zone has all monthly averages between 0 and 22 °C and six to seven months above 50 °F. Although winter precipitation

2040-507: The new line to the NYC. The JSPC&B would be a key link in the new extension. It would also link the NYC to its ally, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad , via the latter's Catawissa Railroad subsidiary at Newberry. George Magee, of the Fall Brook Coal Company , took control of the JSPC&B in 1881. He took advantage of a provision of the railroad's charter allowing for branches of up to thirty miles in any county traversed by

2091-716: The provinces of New Jersey , New York , and Pennsylvania had been colonized by the Dutch as New Netherland until they were ceded to the British in the mid- to late-17th century. Until 1791, Vermont was an independent nation as the Vermont Republic . Three basic climate regions occur on the East Coast according to the Köppen climate classification and four occur according to the Trewartha climate classification from north to south based on

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2142-720: The removal of the tracks, the right-of-way was converted to the Pine Creek Rail Trail . East Coast of the United States The East Coast of the United States , also known as the Eastern Seaboard , the Atlantic Coast , and the Atlantic Seaboard , is the region encompassing the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean . The Thirteen Colonies , which formed

2193-517: The river to connect with the JSPC&B. At Newberry , near Williamsport, traffic could be routed onto the Catawissa Railroad and then the Central Railroad of New Jersey to reach the New York area. Ross's letter gives a good idea of the route planned. He says that it would descend on the western side via Mill Creek , which meets the Allegheny River at Coudersport. The closest approach to

2244-419: The south end of the RH&PC at the state line in Harrison Township . The Geneva and Hornellsville Railway was formed on November 12, 1875 (articles of consolidation dated March 23) by consolidating the Geneva and Southwestern Railway and the Geneva Southwestern and Hornellsville Railway . It proposed to build from Geneva, New York to Hornellsville, at the north end of the RH&PC. On January 21, 1876,

2295-432: The town's railroad debt. The citizens threatened potential buyers and prevented the tax collectors from conducting public sales. In the process, several would-be purchasers were seriously injured. New York Governor Alonzo B. Cornell , at the request of the Steuben County sheriff, issued a proclamation on February 11, 1882, that an insurrection existed in the Town of Greenwood , and ordered them to stop or be subject to

2346-402: The west of Ansonia. He sold the roadbed from Coudersport to Port Allegany to a local group, which incorporated in 1882 as the Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad and opened a line on the old grade between the two towns in its name in 1882. The JSPC&B continued construction on the route from Newberry to Stokesdale Junction, which ran through the spectacular Pine Creek Gorge (also known as

2397-464: The world in both passenger traffic and cruise lines, with over 5.5 million cruise passengers passing through the port each year. The center for tropical plant culture and research in the United States is based in Miami at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden . The state of Florida is the second-largest producer of oranges in the world behind Brazil . Gaines and State Line Railroad The Rochester, Hornellsville, and Pine Creek Railroad (RH&PC)

2448-425: Was a railroad company organized in New York state in the 1870s. It did some grading but never laid track nor opened its line. Its articles of association were filed on March 30, 1871, in New York and was formed according to the railroad laws of the state. It planned to build a railroad line from Hornellsville to the New York-Pennsylvania state line. In 1874, the railroad line was 25 miles (40 km) long and only

2499-479: Was chartered in 1875 with the intention of building north from the JSPC&B at Gaines to the state line to provide the link to the RH&PC. This line would have carried all the way to Geneva, New York , but was never completed. Sobieski Ross died in 1877, and was succeeded as president by John S. Ross. During the early 1880s, the New York Central Railroad (NYC) and a consortium of coal companies from Tioga County, Pennsylvania and New York State embarked upon

2550-410: Was not to last. In 1895, the NYC began to investigate buying out the Fall Brook, which now formed a vital link between the New York Central main line and the NYC-controlled Beech Creek Railroad at Jersey Shore. The NYC ultimately succeeded in buying up the Fall Brook Railway, and took over the Pine Creek Railway lease on May 1, 1899. On February 4, 1909, the Pine Creek was merged with other elements of

2601-465: Was spent on the road and equipment, including grading, land, and engineering. The road was graded to within 11 miles (20 km) of the state line , but no track was ever laid. Work was expected to be completed in 1874. By 1875, $ 103,559 was spent. Chapter 638 of the New York Laws of 1874 allowed for the appointment of commissioners to issue bonds and invest the same in the bonds of the railroad company. To help finance it communities through which

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