RUTLAND & BURLINGTON RAIL ROAD - 1851
(Vermont – Canada Broadside) FARE REDUCED FROM MONTREAL TO BOSTON. RUTLAND AND BURLINGTON RAIL ROAD SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. SHORTEST AND MOST EXPEDITIOUS ROUTE FROM MONTREAL TO BOSTON. BELLOWS FALLS, WHITE MOUNTAINS, LOWELL, WORCESTER, SPRINGFIELD, NEW YORK AND INTERMEDIATE STATIONS. This is the only route by which Passengers will pass, on the splendid LAKE CHAMPLAIN STEAMERS… H.D. Doane, Montreal Agent. Moses L. Church, Traveling Agent. Montreal, 1851. On the back are distance tables from BURLINGTON AND RUTLAND RAIL ROAD, 1851. Fabulous illustrations of the Rutland and Burlington Rail Road and The Lake Champlain Steamer.
Chartered on November 1, 1843, the Rutland and Burlington Railroad completed its initial run in December 1849. In 1867 the Rutland and Burlington Rail road was chartered as the Rutland Railroad.
“The railroads opened Vermont’s lumber, dairy, granite, marble and slate industries to large eastern markets and railroads also promoted Vermont as a tourist attraction. “
Source: Middlebury College Special Collections and Archives
6 x 12 inches, tape restoration to back top, overall in vg cond.
