NUGGET #36
Danbury and Harlem Traction Company: Formed around 1900 to run trolley (“traction”) line from Danbury to Harlem Valley railroad line at Goldens Bridge, N.Y., aimed at cutting 15 minutes off a trip from Danbury to NYC; tracks laid into Ridgebury along what is now Old Trolley Road, stopping at Ridgebury center; bed continued nearly to Goldens Bridge, but tracks were never laid west of Ridgebury; trolley from Danbury and Bethel to Ridgebury made test runs around 1901 but no regular service was ever established; company eventually went bankrupt.
From Jack Sanders, Ridgefield Names.
