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'''Beloit and Madison Railroad''' was a railroad line that ran between [[Beloit, Wisconsin]] and [[Madison, Wisconsin]]. It was built in the 1850s and acquired by [[Chicago and Northwestern]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fitchburg Town Hall |url=https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WILocHists/FitchburgTownHall/reference/wi.fitchburgtownhall.i0011.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mollenhoff |first=David |date=2003 |title=Madison: A History of the Formative Years |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=9780299199807}}</ref> |
'''Beloit and Madison Railroad''' was a railroad line that ran between [[Beloit, Wisconsin]] and [[Madison, Wisconsin]]. It was built in the 1850s and acquired by [[Chicago and Northwestern]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fitchburg Town Hall |url=https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WILocHists/FitchburgTownHall/reference/wi.fitchburgtownhall.i0011.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mollenhoff |first=David |date=2003 |title=Madison: A History of the Formative Years |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=9780299199807}}</ref> |
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Beloit and Madison Railroad was a railroad line that ran between Beloit, Wisconsin and Madison, Wisconsin. It was built in the 1850s and acquired by Chicago and Northwestern.[1][2]
History
The line was built in the 1850s from Beloit to Madison. It originally went around a hill in Madison but was later dynamited to go through that hill. This was known as the Rock Cut.
References
- ^ "Fitchburg Town Hall" (PDF).
- ^ Mollenhoff, David (2003). Madison: A History of the Formative Years. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299199807.
Further reading
- Interstate Commerce Commission (1928). "Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. Valuation reports". U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Lorenzsonn, Axel (2009). Steam and Cinders: The Advent of Railroads in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-87020-385-5.