Adirondack And St. Lawrence Railroad

	Adirondack And St. Lawrence Railroad The Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad operated between DeKalb Junction and Hermon in St. Lawrence County, New York over a four-mile standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ... railroad. The Adirondack & St. Lawrence was owned by the St. Lawrence Pyrites Company and incorporated on April 19, 1906, and shortly thereafter the line was opened. A parallel railroad of the Clifton Iron Company, was abandoned in the early 1870s. Traffic was low and in 1925 the A.& St.L. line was abandoned and torn up. Still today the right-of-way can be observed near East DeKalb. In Hermon, the roadbed is now used by Water Street. The timetable which took effect on September 26, 1909, included four trains Monday through Saturday and one train on Sundays. The trains usually made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	DeKalb Junction, New York DeKalb Junction is a hamlet and census-designated place located in the town of DeKalb in Saint Lawrence County, New York, United States. Its population was 519 as of the 2010 census. DeKalb Junction has a post office with ZIP code 13630. U.S. Route 11 {{Infobox road , country=USA , type=US , route=11 , map={{maplink, frame=yes, plain=yes, frame-align=center, frame-width=290, frame-height=330, type=line, from=U.S. Route 11.map , map_custom=yes , map_notes=US 11 in red, US 11E in blue, US 11W in ... passes through the community. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water. References Hamlets in St. Lawrence County, New York Hamlets in New York (state) Census-designated places in St. Lawrence County, New York Census-designated places in New York (state) {{StLawrenceCountyNY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hermon (village), New York Hermon is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 422 at the 2010 census. The hamlet is in the northern part of the Town of Hermon and is southwest of Canton. It was an incorporated village from 1887 to 2016. History This was the twenty-fourth town erected by an act of the Legislature passed April 17, 1830. Hermon was originally organized under the name of Depeau, after Francis Depeau, once proprietor of a large tract of land in Jefferson County. He was also interested in the middle third of this territory, which had passed from McCormick to George Lewis, July 12, 1804, who sold to John and Curtis Bolton, August 1, 1823, and they sold to Depeau, June 6, 1828. He sold to Sarah, wife of John Bolton. May 3. 1830. The town was formed from De Kalb and Edwards April 17, 1830. The first town meeting was held at the school-house near Nathaniel Kent's May 4, 1830, and the following officers elected: William Teall, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Standard Gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the most widely used track gauge around the world, with approximately 55% of the lines in the world using it. All high-speed rail lines use standard gauge except those in Russia, Finland, and Uzbekistan. The distance between the inside edges of the rails is defined to be 1435 mm except in the United States and on some heritage British lines, where it is defined in U.S. customary/Imperial units as exactly "four feet eight and one half inches" which is equivalent to 1435.1mm. History As railways developed and expanded, one of the key issues was the track gauge (the distance, or width, between the inner sides of the rails) to be used. Different railways used different gauges, and where rails of different gauge met – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Clifton Iron Company Clifton may refer to: People Clifton (surname) Clifton (given name) Places Australia Clifton, Queensland, a town Shire of Clifton Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong Clifton, Western Australia Canada Clifton, Nova Scotia, a rural community Clifton, a former name of New London, Prince Edward Island Clifton, a former name of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Niagara Falls England Clifton, Bedfordshire Clifton, Bristol, a suburb *Clifton Suspension Bridge Clifton, Cheshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Cl-Cn#Cli, location Clifton, Cumbria, village near Penrith Great Clifton, Cumbria Little Clifton, Cumbria Clifton, Derbyshire Clifton, Devon, a List of United Kingdom locations: Cl-Cn#Cli, location Clifton, Doncaster, village in the borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire Clifton, Greater Manchester, in the City of Salford Clifton, Lancashire, village west of Preston Clifton, Northumberland, a hamlet Clifton, Nottinghamshire, near Nottingham North C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]