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From a busy steamboat port in Stonington Connecticut to the

bustling rail yard in Providence Rhode Island, a new railroad

emerges called the 'Stonington Line'. Officially named the New

York, Providence, and Boston Railroad. A new ribbon of rail now

connects a host of New England communities and creates a burst

of growth and prosperiety unimagined.

Westerly Train Station beginnings

A small town in New England makes connections to the outside world