The Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad was a historic railroad that operated between

Woonsocket, Rhode Island Woonsocket ( ), is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 43,240 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state. Being Rhode Island's northernmost city, Woonsock ...

and Pascoag, Rhode Island. Its remaining tracks from Woonsocket to Slatersville are now owned and operated by the

Providence and Worcester Railroad The Providence and Worcester Railroad is a Class II railroad operating of tracks in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, as well as New York via trackage rights. The company was founded in 1844 to build a railroad between Providence ...

. The Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad was likely founded and constructed in 1891 and was later officially acquired by the New York and New England Railroad. According to author Frank Heppner, "the line beyond

Slatersville Slatersville is a village on the Branch River in the town of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States. It includes the Slatersville Historic District, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic distr ...

to Pascoag was abandoned in the 1930s, but against all probability, the line between Woonsocket and Slatersville survives today as a

freight Cargo consists of bulk goods conveyed by water, air, or land. In economics, freight is cargo that is transported at a freight rate for commercial gain. ''Cargo'' was originally a shipload but now covers all types of freight, including transp ...

branch of the

that primarily serves a single customer, a steel supplier called Denman and Davis" in

North Smithfield North Smithfield is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, settled as a farming community in 1666 and incorporated into its present form in 1871. North Smithfield includes the historic villages of Forestdale, Primrose, Waterfo ...

, a company which is now part of O’Neal Steel, Inc...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad Defunct Rhode Island railroads Companies affiliated with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad