Cos Cob (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Harry F. Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2002-0105
Abstract:
The Harry F. Brown Papers consist of 478 photographic images in various media of railroad electrification equipment along electrified main line section of the Shoreline route of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.
Dates:
1908-1933, 1959, 1964
Cos Cob Power Plant Records
Collection
Identifier: 1988-0024
Abstract
The Cos Cob Power Plant, an electrical power plant located in Greenwich, Connecticut, was part of a pioneering venture in mainline railroad electrification. With the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad designed an efficient system using alternating-current (ac) electrification that facilitated railroad traffic into urban areas after the New York legislature passed laws prohibiting the use of steam locomotives in New York City south...
Dates:
undated, 1891-1986
