Sea View Railroad (Rhode Island)
The Sea View Railroad was an interurban streetcar line running south from East Greenwich to Narragansett, Wakefield, and Peace Dale.
It opened in 1899.[1] Private right-of-way began after crossing south into North Kingstown from East Greenwich.
The president of the Narragansett Pier Railroad, Nathaniel T. Bacon, purchased the bonds of the Sea View Railroad in September 1920.[2] The railroad experimented with a gas-electric railcar that could potentially run on both the Sea View and the Narragansett Pier.[3] However, Bacon sold the Sea View Railroad for scrap two months later when a financing plan with the towns along its route fell through.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "History". Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ "Traction Syndicate Thought to Have Bought Control of Rhode Island Company". Providence News. September 4, 1920. p. 13.
- ^ "New Type of Car May Solve Consolidation Problem of Pier and Sea View Railroads". Providence News. September 10, 1920. p. 1.
- ^ "Owner to 'Scrap' Sea View Road". Evening Tribune. Providence. November 5, 1920. p. 2.
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