Greigsville and Pearl Creek Railroad

The Greigsville and Pearl Creek Railroad was a railroad in the U.S. state of New York. Despite its name, it only existed in the immediate vicinity of Greigsville, a small community in the town of York, and did not reach Pearl Creek, a hamlet in Covington.

History

The company was organized October 1, 1897 and chartered January 26, 1898, [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D04EED81039E433A2575AC2A9679C94699ED7CF Greigsville and Pearl Creek chartered] ] to build from the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's main line at North Greigsville (present-day Greigsville [F. W. Beers & Co., [http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/16149/York++South+Greigsville++Piffard/New%20York// Livingston County] , 1872] ) west to the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway at Pearl Creek. Three miles (5 km) were constructed from the DL&W to the Greigsville Salt Mine, but the mine closed in June 1899, and operations were suspended. [New York State Public Service Commission, [http://books.google.com/books?id=0etEAAAAIAAJ Third Annual Report of the Public Service Commission Second District for the Year Ended December 31, 1909: Volume II] , p. 147]

The actual location of Greigsville Salt Mine is not clear. Mindat puts the mine on a residential street (Virginia Avenue), [ [http://www.mindat.org/loc-20388.html Mindat's Greigsville Mine entry] ] but the USGS Topographic map puts the mine at the end of an unnamed road to the northwest. [ [http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=42.83639,-77.90328&z=14&t=T ACME Mapper] ] The railroad would have extended past the mine by at least the length of one train, in order to be able to load the entire train from one point.Or|date=July 2008

References