Rochester History - official publication from the city

The publication "Rochester History" is now available in PDF form... they are straight scans of the orginals, so you cannot edit or search the text.

Of interest to railfans:

Rochester Turbulent Transit History:
http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhis ... /v30i3.pdf

Rochester's Railroad History:
http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhis ... /v30i4.pdf

New York Central Elevates Tracks:
http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhis ... /v33i1.pdf

Rochester Subway: An Experiment
http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhis ... /v36i2.pdf

The Manchester Wreck:
http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhis ... /v56i2.pdf

...and more!
http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhist/toc.html

-otto-

The table of contents for these are fairly thorough. I've used it for 2-3 years now. It can be very time consuming though reading through one of those documents trying to find the reference you're looking for.

Railroad references come up in odd places: topics on geology, women's rights. Sometimes it's a great little tidbit, other times it's very generalized.

Charles

The interesting reading is the footnotes listing all the sources used to compile the article... lots of good leads there!

-otto-