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FORMER RAILBED

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Transportation
Location
N. Geneva Road & Ridge Road, Sodus, NY
Lat/Long
43.222028, -77.01243
Historic Marker

FORMER RAILBED

Inscription

FORMER RAILBED
IN 1872 THE SODUS POINT
AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD RAN
THE FIRST TRAINS
THROUGH HERE FROM
STANLEY TO SODUS POINT, NY
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2018

The Sodus Point and Southern Railroad was an integral part of the transportation system supplying Pennsylvania coal to Canada and importing timber and grain. Passenger travel was also available as the line connected with the Elmira & Canandaigua Railroad at Stanley. The railbed is now part of the Sodus-Wallington Rail Trail.


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