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White River Junction in 1889. White River Junction is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Hartford in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,528 at the 2020 census, up from 2,286 in 2010, making it the largest community within the town of Hartford.
Coolidge Hotel, 1924. The village of White River Junction is located in central eastern Vermont, at the mouth of the White River where it joins the Connecticut River.First settled in the 1760s, it was from the 1840s to the 1960s the most important railroad junction in northern New England, providing an interchange point between the Boston and Maine Railroad (originally known as the Connecticut ...
VT 14 begins at the intersection of US 4 and US 5 in White River Junction in the town of Hartford, at the confluence of the White River and the Connecticut River.VT 14 heads northwest as Maple Street, crossing under I-91 without an interchange, and continues through the town center of Hartford, along the north bank of the White River. 5 miles (8 km) later it passes through the small village of ...
The Lyman Bridge crosses the Connecticut River to connect West Lebanon, New Hampshire, to White River Junction, Vermont. It is named for Elias Lyman, who built the original bridge at this location. [1] The current bridge was opened on Saturday, October 28, 2017. [2] The Lyman Bridge carries U.S. Route 4 and a pedestrian walkway on both sides.
The Tip Top Building is a 45,000 square foot (4,200 m 2) arts and creative business center located in downtown White River Junction, Vermont. [1]The building is actually a complex of several buildings dating from the 1880s, when the Smith Baking Company operated it as a commercial bakery.
The Jericho Street area is a rural upland, roughly bounded on the south by the White River and the east by the flood plains of the Connecticut River.To the west it is roughly bounded by Jericho Brook, and the north by the east–west town line between Norwich and Hartford, except for one associated farm complex just over the line on Joshua Street.
Early settlement concentrated along the Connecticut River in what is now West Lebanon, and in the Mascoma Lake region near Enfield. In the mid-19th century, a mill district developed at falls on the Mascoma River. Industries included, at various times, furniture mills, a tannery, several machine shops, a woolen textile mill, and a clothing factory.
The rail service through West Lebanon was eventually terminated, and the village of White River Junction, Vermont, across the Connecticut River, took over most of the remaining services. Today commerce has replaced transportation as the basis of the economy, and West Lebanon serves as the commercial hub [ citation needed ] for a U.S ...