Derby Neck Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave., Derby.
This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.
This electric road was the first one built in New England with construction starting in 1887.
Mr. Thomas Wallace of Ansonia persuaded Mr. James Kennedy to come to Derby and build. Mr. Kennedy built the first electric railroad in America. Derby Junction had access to New Haven, Bridgeport (by way of Shelton) and Waterbury (by way of Ansonia).
Thanks goes to Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.