Everything about The Farmington Canal totally explained
The
Farmington Canal was a major private
canal built in the early 1800s to provide water transportation from
New Haven into the interior of
Connecticut,
Massachusetts and beyond. Its Massachusetts segment was known as the
Hampshire and Hampden Canal. With the advent of
railroads, it was quickly converted to a railroad in the mid-1800s and in recent years has been converted to a multi-use trail (a
rails-to-trails project) after being abandoned for years.
Canal and railroad
Ground was broken for the canal in 1825 and by 1828 the canal was open from
New Haven to
Farmington. By 1835 the complete route to
Northampton was finished and operating. This railroad merged with the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1887. Portions of the railway were in use up until the 1980s.
Trail
During the 1990's, the railroad right-of-way was converted to a
rail trail for recreational use. The
Farmington Canal Trail runs from downtown New Haven to
Northampton,
Massachusetts, closely following the path of
Route 10.
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