First Railroad in Willimantic

Title

First Railroad in Willimantic

Description

The first railroad in town takes its first trip from Willimantic to New London, amazing onlookers the whole way.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), X.

Date

1849

Contributor

turner_max

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“First Railroad in Willimantic,” History Digitized, accessed March 12, 2026, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/735.