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The railroad extended from near the intersection of Becker Avenue and Superior Street in Cleveland to Euclid Village , a distance of 6.86 miles. About 2.5 miles of the Lake View & Collamer Railroad was inside the city of Cleveland where it ran parallel to and a short distance north of Superior Street. The remainder of the railroad ran north-east to Euclid, parallel to Euclid Avenue.


HISTORY

In August 1879 the Lake View & Collamer Railroad was sold at foreclosure sale and then operated as the ''' Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad '''. The part of Lake View & Collamer Railroad that was parallel to Euclid Avenue eventually became part of the main line of the ''' New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad '''.


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