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The railroad of South Manchester Railroad Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad, located in the central part of Connecticut. The owned mileage extends southerly from Manchester, Conn., to South Manchester, Conn., a distance of 1.932 miles.
Interstate 384 passes just south of the Manchester CDP, with access from Exits 1 through 5. Connecticut Route 83 passes through the center of Manchester as Main Street, leading north 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Interstate 84 in the northern corner of the town of Manchester and south 7 miles (11 km) to the Connecticut Route 2 freeway in East Glastonbury.
Manchester has parts of three interstate highways (I-84, I-384, and I-291) and Route 6 and Route 44 together constitute Manchester's principal east/west arterial. Connecticut Route 30 is an east/west arterial in the northern section of town. Connecticut Route 83 is Manchester's principal north/south arterial
South Manchester Railroad at the corner of Hartford Road and Elm Street near Cheney Hall. The South Manchester Railroad (SMRR, also known as the Cheney Railroad or Cheney's Goat) was a short-line railroad, operating in Manchester, Connecticut. It was in operation from 1869 to the 1980s. [1]
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Manchester was settled in the 17th century, but remained an essentially agricultural community until the 19th century. Its industrial growth was spurred most significantly by the Cheney Brothers silk manufacturing operation, established in 1838 and one of the most successful businesses of its type in the world. Main Street is a north-south ...
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