Portals to Our Past stop 11: Railroad District
History stop on North Main Street at the rail line, where the railroad arrived in 1853.
Photograph from 2018
Stop 11 on the brochure map is on North Main Street at the rail line, near Lift Bridge Lane and Railroad Street. Official histories date the railroad's arrival in Fairport to 1853; today the train-viewing platform is nearby on Liftbridge Lane East.
Good to know
Part of the 13-stop self-guided Portals to Our Past sign tour.
History
The railroad came to Fairport in 1853. (source)
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