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South Manchester Railroad
The South Manchester Railroad (SMRR, also known as the Cheney Railroad or Cheney's Goat) was a short-line railroad, operating in Manchester, Connecticut. It was in operation from 1869 to the 1980s. History The incorporation of the railroad occurred on 30 May 1866, and three years later, the Cheney brothers (known at the time for their success in the silk industry) finished construction. When finished, the two-mile-long railroad was the only line in the United States to be owned by a family rather than a company. It was used as a method to send silk products from their mill in Manchester to the other mill, based in Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. Some of the workers also used the rail as a way to get to the mills for a low fare, but most lived in houses located on the property. In 1914 an innovative collision prevention device was successfully tested on the South Manchester Railroad after president Mollen had offered a prize to the inventor of a device that would automatically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Manchester Railroad At The Corner Of Hartford Road And Elm Street Near Cheney Hall
South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
