NEWPORT

NEWPORT TO TIVERTON

In 1863 the Old Colony Railroad extended its Boston to Fall River line to Newport and changed the name of the railroad to Old Colony & Newport. In 1872 the name reverted to Old Colony and in 1893 the New Haven leased the Old Colony. A section of the line to Newport still exists in the form of a tourist railroad at Newport using the original name Old Colony & Newport. The bridge at Tiverton is gone so the line is unconnected to any other railroad.

NEWPORT c. 1870

A relatively small station would be built on the horizontal stub below the "Cove".

The water area on either side of the tracks would be filled for railroad use.

VIEW OF THE NEWPORT TERMINAL SHOWING THE

STEAMBOAT LANDING AND ROUNDHOUSE

THE STEAMBOAT LANDING -- PROBABLY 1920s

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Undated photograph of the steamer landing but possibly c.1910's or1920's. The ship appears to be a freight steamer. The passenger cars are probably not part of a boat train.

A STEAMBOAT IS DOCKED BEHIND THE ROUNDHOUSE

The Water Area Has Yet To Be Filled

THE VIEW FROM THE STEAMBOAT LANDING

THE NEWPORT DEPOT IS THE INSIGNIFICANT BUILDING AND PLATFORM SHELTER

ALONG THE SHORE. THE HIGH TOWER IS NOT PART OF THE STATION.

VIEW FROM A STEAMBOAT DOCKED AT THE LANDING.

THE ROUNDHOUSE CAN BE SEEN ON THE LEFT - A GRAIN ELEVATOR IS AT THE CENTER.

OLD COLONY NUMBER 12 AT THE NEWPORT ROUNDHOUSE.

THE TURTABLE PIT IS SHALLOW AND THE BRIDGE IS SUPPORTED BY A ROD AND POST TRUSS.

THE D CLASS 4-4-0 WAS BUILT AT THE OLD COLONY SHOPS IN 1876

NEWPORT'S STATION WAS UNUSUAL AND RELATIVELY SMALL

NEWPORT STATION VIEWED FROM THE LONG WHARF END

ARRIVAL AT NEWPORT

"THE DANDY" READY TO LEAVE NEWPORT

New Haven Number 358 was built by Rhode Island in 1890 as experimental compound demonstrator Number 2600. It became NYP&B 58 and was rebuilt with simple cylinders in 1894. It was retired in 1923 as C-2 Class Number 1685

NEW HAVEN SELF-PROPELLED GAS-ELECTRIC CAR AT NEWPORT DEPOT

NEW HAVEN D-3-b CLASS NUMBER 1880 AT THE NEWPORT ROUNDHOUSE.

THE 4-4-0 WAS BUILT BY MANCHESTER IN 1890 AS NYP&B 47 AND RETIRED IN 1917

NEW HAVEN K-1-b CLASS NUMBER 448 AT THE NEWPORT ROUNDHOUSE

ON FEBRUARY 13, 1931.

THE 2-6-0 TYPE WAS BUILT BY BALDWIN IN 1905

PHOTO BY DONALD T. HAYWARD, SR.

NEW HAVEN K-1-b CLASS NUMBER 420 AT THE NEWPORT ROUNDHOUSE IN 1939

NEW HAVEN G-4-a CLASS NUMBER 808 AT THE NEWPORT ROUNDHOUSE FEBRUARY 13, 1931.

THE 4-6-0 WAS BUILT BY BALDWIN IN 1904

PHOTO BY DONALD T. HAYWARD, SR.

NEW HAVEN G-4-a CLASS NUMBER 814 AT THE NEWPORT ROUNDHOUSE IN 1939.

New Haven F-5 Class 2-8-0 Type Number 154

Local freight southbound at Braman Cemetary near Walnut Street. Van Zandt Ave. is bridge in rear.

OLD COLONY & NEWPORT TOURIST ENGINE AT THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL NEWPORT STATION

IN 1981. PHOTO BY EDWARD J. OZOG

VERTICAL IS ELEVATION IN FEET, HORIZONTAL IS MILES, NUMBERS ON GRADES ARE RISE IN FEET PER MILE

MIDDLETOWN - 4.7 MILES FROM NEWPORT

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Middletown Depot. The left side of the building faces the mainline and contains the station office and waiting room. The remainder of the building is a dwelling for the agent. The box cars stand on the station team track used for loading and unloading of local freight.

BRADFORD, FORMERLY PORTSMOUTH GROVE, BECAME MELLVILLE

BUILT IN 1902 - 7 MILES FROM NEWPORT, 12 MILES FROM FALL RIVER

COAL FOR U.S.NAVY WARSHIPS IS UNLOADED FROM A BARGE

CORY'S LANE - 8.4 MILES FROM NEWPORT

PORTSMOUTH - 8.47 MILES FROM NEWPORT

The station building was destroyed around 1915.

THE COAL MINE AT PORTSMOUTH c.1910

For many years a very hard anthracite coal was mined in a few locations in Rhode Island. Rhode Island coal was difficult to burn and was not a good fuel but as graphite it had commercial use. The mine shafts at Portsmouth station extended in several directions and levels. The deepest shaft was 1,800 feet.

PORTSMOUTH DEPOT

The station was also known as Coal Mine

THE NEW PORTSMOUTH STATION - ONCE NAMED COAL MINE STATION

The image from the November 1927 issue of the New Haven's ALONG THE LINE shows station agent

H.F. Anthony who was the agent since 1884.

BRISTOL FERRY - 11.14 MILES FROM NEWPORT

The Mt. Hope Suspension Bridge Replaced the Ferry to the Mainland.

THE SHELTER STATION AT THE HUMMOCKS WAS ON THE ISLAND SIDE OF THE TIVERTON BRIDGE

The shelter stop was also known as THE HUMMOCK

THE VIEW FROM PORTSMOUTH ISLAND TOWARD TIVERTON ON THE MAINLAND. THE ORIGINAL OLD COLONY BRIDGE CAN BE SEEN. IT APPEARS TO SWING TO THE SIDE ON AN END PIVOT.

The opening at the bridge was only 33 feet in width which created a considerable problem because of the volume of water that had to flow through the opening with each change of tide. The velocity of the water passing through the narrow channel made it nearly impossible for any boat to go through against the tide

A TRAIN FOR NEWPORT LEAVING THE TIVERTON STATION.

The drawbridge is left. The station is on the mainland 6 miles from Fall River.

TIVERTON STATION

View Toward Fall River

TIVERTON STATION

Newport is to the right -- the shed is for freight and express shipments.

THE NEW DRAWBRIDGE AT TIVERTON UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 1900.

THE ROUND PLATFORM IS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ROTATING SWING SPAN.

THE TRESTLE WORK IS A TEMPORARY BYPASS.

THE TIVERTON STATION IS THE LARGE BUILDING IN THE DISTANCE.

SOUTH SIDE OF NEW TIVERTON SWING BRIDGE IN 1900 VIEWED FROM TIVERTON.

THE BRIDGE IS 365 FEET LONG OVERALL. TO PROVIDE A LARGE AREA FOR THE TIDES, THERE WERE THREE OPENINGS OF 100 FEET EACH COMPARED TO ONLY ONE OF 33 FEET AT THE OLD BRIDGE.

VIEW OF THE BRIDGE FROM TIVERTON

Station is to the right out of photo -- Building on the left is a grocery.