PAWTUXET VALLEY

The Pawtuxet Valley Railroad Company was a ten mile branch of the New York, Providence & Boston which ran from Hope to the junction with the NYP&B at Auburn (Cranston). The three miles of railroad from Hope to a connection with the New York & New England (HP&F) at River Point was opened in 1874 but the remainder was not opened until 1879-80 under the charter of the Pontiac Branch Railroad. The line served a number of mills but there was no need for a continuous branch under New Haven operations so in 1924 the line was divided into two branches by abandoning a few miles between the old HP& F connection and Pontiac. Much of the remaining track was abandoned in the 1950's and 1960's.

Horizontal is miles. Vertical is elevation in feet. Numbers on grades are rise in feet per mile.

SOUTH AUBURN - 0.77 MILES FROM AUBURN

PETTACONSETT - 1.7 MILES FROM AUBURN

The station had been named Pocasset

SOCKANOSSET - 2.3 MILES FROM AUBURN

NYNH&H C-2 Class 4-4-0 Type No. 1703 Arriving At Sockanosett c.1905-1910

1703 was built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1883 for the New York, Providence & Boston

SOCKANOSSET

HOWARD - 3.2 MILES FROM AUBURN.

PONTIAC - 4.7 MILES FROM AUBURN

Pontiac. Looking northeast toward the mainline and Providence.

EAST NATICK - 5.59 MILES FROM AUBURN

WESTCOTT - 6.6 MILES FROM AUBURN

RIVER POINT - 7.46 MILES FROM AUBURN

There were two stations with the name River Point where the line to Hope crossed the line to Washington and Willimantic. The photo above I believe to be the depot on the Auburn-Hope Branch based on a reliable source. It was also known as Knights. However, there is a possibility it is the River Point station on the Hartford line . See the Hartford Line page for a River Point station photo said to be on that line.

PAWTUXET RIVER BRIDGE AT CLYDE BUILT 1895

The bridge is a pin-connected deck truss 120 feet long and a plate girder span of 58 feet

which replaced a wooden bridge and trestle. It is nearly finished.

BRIDGE 78 AT CLYDE WAS BUILT IN 1907

The steel girder bridge replaced a wooden Howe truss.

PHENIX - 8.5 MILES FROM AUBURN

HARRIS - 8.7 MILES FROM AUBURN - 0.26 MILES FROM PHENIX.

The purpose of the stop sign is not clear - it is probably not a form of flag signal for passenger trains.

ARKWRIGHT - 9.3 MILES FROM AUBURN.

JACKSON - 9.9 MILES FROM AUBURN.