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Central Vermont Railroad Pier

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243: 68: 884: 93: 895: 51: 277:, with use gradually expanded to include other types of freight. Rail lines were run down the center of the pier, with goods offloaded from freighters directly onto trains. Facilities that once stood on the pier include coal loading equipment and storage bunkers; these and other facilities were removed in the decades after the railroad ended its use of the pier in 1946. 100: 75: 396: 954: 919: 254:. It is a granite-lined earth-filled structure, 1,100 feet (340 m) long, just west of the Connecticut State Pier. Its shape is that of a hammer head: it is 150 feet (46 m) wide for much of its length, but an extended section at its end is 220 feet (67 m) wide. 773: 934: 868: 804: 959: 788: 939: 297: 778: 273:. It is a rare surviving example of a 19th-century intermodal freight facility, and is believed to be the only remaining 19th-century pier in the state. The facility was at first used by the railroad for the transshipment of 863: 809: 450: 830: 732: 763: 697: 662: 737: 642: 602: 427: 702: 692: 687: 667: 929: 783: 617: 532: 652: 647: 522: 949: 742: 707: 612: 587: 727: 677: 657: 632: 622: 607: 597: 582: 562: 537: 527: 517: 747: 722: 627: 567: 547: 542: 512: 502: 682: 637: 577: 552: 507: 814: 712: 592: 557: 768: 717: 672: 572: 924: 480: 465: 420: 496: 898: 413: 133: 67: 92: 888: 460: 400: 436: 325: 231: 37: 250:
The Central Vermont Railroad Pier is located north of downtown New London, extending southward from Winthrop Point, a protrusion into the
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In 2021–2023, the Central Vermont Railroad Pier and the adjacent State Pier were converted to an
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Central Vermont equipment on the north end of the pier in 1978
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Central Vermont Railroad Pier is located in Connecticut
Central Vermont Railroad Pier is located in the United States
New London, Connecticut
41°21′35″N 72°5′31″W / 41.35972°N 72.09194°W / 41.35972; -72.09194
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New London, Connecticut
Central Vermont Railroad
National Register of Historic Places

Thames River
Central Vermont Railroad
Massachusetts
Vermont
Canada
coal
offshore wind port
South Fork Wind Farm
National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut


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National Register of Historic Places
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"NRHP nomination for Central Vermont Railroad Pier"
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