Hardwick And Woodbury Railroad
The Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad (H&WRR, or H&W) was a Shortline railroad, short-line railroad serving the towns of Hardwick, Vermont, Hardwick and Woodbury, Vermont. Built to serve the local granite industry by bringing rough stone from the quarries to the cutting-houses, the railroad was about long, plus leased track, extended to about at its greatest extent. It connected with only one other railroad, the St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad, St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain, in Hardwick. The business arc of the Hardwick & Woodbury was typical of most short line, single-industry railroads. Built as an industrial road in 1895–1897, the line never grew beyond the granite industry, and its fortunes largely followed those of the Woodbury Granite Company, its principal customer and plurality shareholder. With the slump in demand for architectural granite, and especially large stones, caused by changes in building construction techniques and then the Great Depression, the ...
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