Colorado Central Railroad

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The Colorado Central Railroad was a 19th-century narrow-gauge railroad in Colorado that played a key role in serving the region’s mining communities and connecting mountain towns to larger rail networks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf narrow-gauge railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
beganOperation early 1870s ⓘ
builtStructure Georgetown Loop Railroad ⓘ
connectedTo Denver Pacific Railway ⓘ
Kansas Pacific Railway ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
foundedBy William A. H. Loveland ⓘ
gauge 3 ft (914 mm) ⓘ
headquartersLocation Golden, Colorado ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped establish Golden as an early rail hub in Colorado ⓘ
played a key role in the development of Colorado mining communities ⓘ
inception 1860s ⓘ
chartered in 1865 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
notableFeature Georgetown Loop high bridge ⓘ
openedLine Denver–Golden line ⓘ
Golden–Black Hawk line ⓘ
Golden–Georgetown line ⓘ
parentCompany Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
partOf Union Pacific system ⓘ
purpose to connect mountain mining towns to mainline railroads ⓘ
region Rocky Mountains ⓘ
servedCity Black Hawk, Colorado ⓘ
Central City, Colorado ⓘ
Cheyenne, Wyoming ⓘ
Georgetown, Colorado ⓘ
Golden, Colorado ⓘ
Silver Plume, Colorado ⓘ
servedIndustry mining ⓘ
smelting ⓘ
servedRegion Clear Creek Canyon ⓘ
Colorado mining districts ⓘ
Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Colorado and Southern Railway ⓘ
terminus Denver, Colorado ⓘ
Golden, Colorado ⓘ
trackType mountain railroad ⓘ
transported coal ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
ore ⓘ
passengers ⓘ
usedTechnology steam locomotives ⓘ

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Silver Plume, Colorado → hasNearbyAttraction → Colorado Central Railroad grade ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Central Railroad