Template:Did you know nominations/New Haven and Northampton Railroad

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:35, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

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New Haven and Northampton Railroad

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  • ... that the New Haven and Northampton Railroad built a railroad along a former canal? Source: The Rail Lines of Southern New England, by Ronald Dale Karr, p. 70-71. "The Farmington Canal went bankrupt in 1836 and was reorganized as the New Haven & Northampton Company ... In 1846, Connecticut authorized the transformation of the canal company into a railroad."
    • ALT1:... that a branch line of the New Haven and Northampton Railroad was so difficult to build, the area was nicknamed "Satan's Kingdom"? Source: "New England Notes.–No.7". Paterson Daily Press. September 16, 1873. "So formidable were the engineering difficulties here, that the name of "Satan's Kingdom" was bestowed upon it, which name it bears to this day." [1]
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  • Comment: This is my 5th DYK nomination, so no QPQ is needed.

5x expanded by Trainsandotherthings (talk). Self-nominated at 20:27, 15 October 2021 (UTC).

  • Expanded from 1236 bytes to well over 10KB.
  • Expansion took place on the date of nomination.
  • No issues with plagiarism or close paraphrasing, or with neutrality of language etc.
  • No QPQ review required as noted.
  • I have reviewed the accessible sources (everything except ref [2]) in some detail and can confirm the factual accuracy of the statements in the article. All references are of good quality, to contemporary newspapers or specialist railway histories: the sort of sources I would expect from an article like this.

While both hooks are verified, I would strongly suggest the use of ALT1. It is somewhat more "hooky", and also w.r.t. ALT0 it was quite common for early railways to be built along the bed of former canals – at least here in England – so it is not a particularly remarkable fact. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 13:21, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

  • Important comment Per discussion with the reviewer of my GA Nomination of this article, a friendly admin has moved the page to the new name New Haven and Northampton Railroad. I have changed the hooks accordingly, but this may cause some technical issues when promoting a hook to DYKA. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 00:22, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
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