Built 1876 Opened 1876 Added to NRHP 26 January 2005 | NRHP Reference # 04001551 Area 3 ha | |
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Architectural style Earth-filled masonry pier Similar Ye Antientist Burial Gr, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London Harbor Li, New London Customhouse, United States Coast Gu | ||
The Central Vermont Railroad Pier is a historic pier on State Pier Road in New London, Connecticut. It is a granite-lined earth-filled structure, 1,100 feet (340 m) long, just west of New London's Connecticut State Pier on the Thames River. 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. It was built in 1876 by the Central Vermont Railroad as a point of interchange between ocean-going freighters and its rail network. It is believed to be the only 19th-century pier in Connecticut.
The pier was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
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