Oswego and Syracuse Railroad

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The Oswego and Syracuse Railroad was formed April 29, 1839, and the route was surveyed during the summer of that year. The Company was fully organized March 25, 1847. The road was opened in October 1848, thirty-five miles and a half in length. In 1872 it passed under the management of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.

One of the oldest surviving railroad structures in New York State is the 1848 freighthouse of the Oswego and Syracuse in the Oswego, New York. It is situated along West Utica Street, approximately one block west of the site of the former DL&W depot in Oswego.

For many years, the DL&W maintained offices in Old City Hall in Oswego. Built by the then village of Oswego in 1836 to rival the Market House in Albany, it is a three story brick structure. The third floor was wide open and used to provide drill space for the local militia during the winter months. The city built a new building a few blocks south in 1871. When the DL&W took over the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad in 1872, the road acquired the former hall for its shipping offices in the Great Lakes port. They held ownership until 1946.

Preceded by

Oswego and Syracuse Railroad chartered April 29, 1839 charter renewed May 14, 1845 merged December 20, 1945

Succeeded by Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad