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6 unusual facts about West Shore Railroad


Italians in Syracuse, New York

A Methodist mission was opened in the rooms of the West Shore Railroad by Rev. Dean L. M. Vernon (d. 1896) whose work was passed on to Rev. Antonio Peruzzi.

The Italian first settled in the territory of Onondaga County in the early 1880s during the construction of the West Shore Railroad.

Italian immigrants first came to the area around Syracuse, New York beginning in 1883 after providing labor for the construction of the West Shore Railroad.

A news article in August 1882, stated that the Sanitary Inspector received a letter from Secretary Harris, of the New York State Board of Health, stating that typhus fever was prevalent among the Italian laborers on the West Shore Railroad.

Little Italy, Syracuse

Italian immigrants first came to the area around Syracuse, New York in 1883 after providing labor for the construction of the West Shore Railroad.

West Shore Railroad

However, William Henry Vanderbilt of the NYC had bought the Nickel Plate in 1882, killing that plan.



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Fullers, New York

In 1799 the Great Western Turnpike was built connecting Albany with the western frontier and in 1882 the West Shore Railroad would build its tracks crossing the turnpike on its way from Ravena and Voorheesville to Schenectady.