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WEST SHORE RAILROAD

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Transportation
Location
12 Water Street, Clyde, NY
Lat/Long
43.07976, -76.869772
Grant Recipient
Village of Clyde (Building Department)
Historic Marker

WEST SHORE RAILROAD

Inscription

WEST SHORE RR
TRAINS RAN HERE 1884-1995.
STATION & WAREHOUSES LOCATED
NEAR THIS SITE. BY 1961 ONLY
WATER TANK REMAINED.
TRACKS REMOVED 1995.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2018

This location had a passenger station, freight house, hay & grain warehouse, and water tower. It was actively used from the 1880s to the 1930s. Today it is a public park, with trails using the former roadbed of the railroad leading east and west.