I'll let Jim explain why my answer elicited the "not in the 1880s" response. I'll just say that both road's tugs were seaworthy for the open ocean. SGL > Boston and Providence probably got their coal via Beacon (CNE or NY&NE) and then Poughkeepsie (CNE and then > NYNH&H) in an era when Erie was fighting it out with Philadelphia & Reading for the traffic. > > Randy Brown > -------------------------------------------------------------- > >> The DL&W and NYS&W both used the Lackawanna's Hoboken piers to transfer > >> anthracite into barges for delivery in New York Harbor in the 1880s. > >> > >> Name the single largest consignee for each railroad of anthracite dumped > >> at > >> Hoboken in those years. > > > > The utility companies of Providence and Boston. > > Not in the 1880s <g>. E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.1.441) Database version: 6.12300 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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