New Haven is a city of some 12 square miles, yet the essence of its history is captured within a few, short blocks west of downtown. Evidence of New Haven’s birth as a “canal town,” through its maturity as a “transportation town,” can be found along State Street from just inside Moser Park south to Lincoln Highway.

Chapter 1: Wabash and Erie Canal

Chapter 2: Wabash and Nickel Plate Railroads

Chapter 3: Interurban Electric Railway

Chapter 4: Lincoln Highway

Chapter 5: Automobiles

OF NOTE

New Haven’s heritage of transportation is boldly and proudly presented in murals appearing on the south side of the Ruhl’s Fine Furniture building at Broadway and Summit Streets. [Artist: Kim Linker, also the artist for New Haven’s “First 100 Years” discovery sites.].

Acknowledgement of notable content sources:
New Haven Area Heritage Association files and book: Images of America NEW HAVEN
Commemorative book: New Haven Area Centennial 1866 – 1966
Research files of Hilda (Schnelker) Snyder, 4th Generation New Haven resident (1920 – 2008)