The Woodstock Railway was an intrastate railroad in southeastern Vermont . It ran from White River Junction, Vermont to Woodstock, Vermont , a distance of approximately 14 miles (23 km).
7-511: The legislature of Vermont granted a charter to construct the railroad in 1863, but little was done until 1867, when enough money was raised to begin construction. Construction began in earnest in 1868, and proceeded fitfully until 1875, when the line was finally completed and the first train made the trip. Originally the Woodstock Railroad, a financial reorganization in 1890 caused the name to change to Woodstock Railway. While never very busy,
14-640: Is a 41.4-mile-long (66.6 km) river in eastern Vermont in the United States . It is a tributary of the Connecticut River , which flows to Long Island Sound . The Ottauquechee rises in the Green Mountains in eastern Rutland County in the town of Killington , and flows generally eastwardly into Windsor County , where it passes through or along the boundaries of the towns of Bridgewater , Woodstock , Pomfret , Hartford and Hartland ; and
21-513: The 163-foot (49.7 m) high structure may have been the highest railroad bridge in New England . The 1911 steel bridge purportedly still carries US-Rt4 across the gorge, as it has since the railway's abandonment. About a 3-mile portion of Rt4 was built on top of the railbed at a point immediately west of the gorge and thus eastward, as attested by the gradual grade and gentle curvatures of the reverse curves encountered upon today's Rt4. Portions of
28-592: The line continued running until 1933 when it was abandoned. The last run took place on Saturday, April 15, 1933. During construction two major obstacles were overcome: a one mile (1.6 km) long cut in Stanley Hill, and a substantial trestle over the Quechee Gorge, formed by the Ottauquechee River , The original trestle was replaced first by a wooden arch bridge, then in 1911 by one made of steel. At one time
35-450: The railbed west of the gorge remain visible along the north side of Rt4. It can be seen from the road as it shoots east out of Woodstock through certain fields, makes up treelines and fencelines, and in places it lays at the bottom of Rt4's embankment sandwiched tight between Rt4 and the river. An 1877 timetable listed the following stops from east to west: Ottauquechee River The Ottauquechee River (pronounced AWT-ah-KWEE-chee )
42-477: The river's mouth the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ' North Hartland Dam impounds the river to form North Hartland Lake . Near the state park, the river flows through the 165-foot-deep (50 m) Quechee Gorge . The U.S. Rt. 4 bridge crosses over the gorge and provides good viewing down into its depths. [1] In late August 2011, Hurricane Irene swept through the Ottauquechee River watershed, raising
49-533: The villages of Woodstock and Quechee . It joins the Connecticut River in the town of Hartland, about 4 miles (6 km) south-southwest of White River Junction . A headwaters tributary known as the North Branch Ottauquechee River flows southeastwardly through the towns of Killington and Bridgewater. Quechee State Park is located along the river near the village of Quechee. Near
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