Genesee and Water Street Railroad

{{Short description|Railway in New York}}

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| locale=Syracuse, New York

| start_year=1865

| end_year=1890

| successor_line=Syracuse Consolidated Street Railway

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| hq_city=Syracuse, New York

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The Genesee and Water Street Railroad, a horse-drawn{{cite book|last=Whipple|first=Fred H.|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/fred-h-from-old-catalog-whipple/whipples-electric-gas-and-street-railway-financial-reference-directory-goo/page-22-whipples-electric-gas-and-street-railway-financial-reference-directory-goo.shtml|title=Whipple's Electric, Gas and Street Railway Financial Reference Directory|publisher=Electronic Library, 2011|access-date=July 5, 2011}} street trolley in Syracuse, New York, was established in 1865.{{cite news |title=First Streetcars Operated Here in 1860 |newspaper=Syracuse Herald |location=Syracuse, New York |date=December 14, 1922}} The company was one of three different railways that were awarded operation franchise rights to run cars in James Street. The firm also secured the franchise to operate cars in Westcott Street, to South Beech Street, Euclid Avenue, College Place, University Place, Walnut Avenue and Madison Street.{{cite news |title=Study for Bus Franchise Recalls Early Trolley Lines |newspaper=Syracuse Herald-Journal |location=Syracuse, New York |date=May 23, 1940}}

The road merged with Syracuse Consolidated Street Railway in 1890, after an agreement was made that allowed the new company to lease the lines.{{cite book|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/dwight-hall-bruce/memorial-history-of-syracuse-ny-from-its-settlement-to-the-present-time-cur/page-49-memorial-history-of-syracuse-ny-from-its-settlement-to-the-present-time-cur.shtml|title=Memorial history of Syracuse, N.Y., from its settlement to the present time.|access-date=July 5, 2011|author=Dwight Hall Bruce|publisher=Electronic Library, 2011|archive-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012043153/http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/dwight-hall-bruce/memorial-history-of-syracuse-ny-from-its-settlement-to-the-present-time-cur/page-49-memorial-history-of-syracuse-ny-from-its-settlement-to-the-present-time-cur.shtml|url-status=dead}}