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In the News (Wed 23 Dec 09)

  
  Railroads around Boston
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn was a three-foot narrow gauge railroad.
Boston is one of the few cities in America that still has two railroad stations.
The Mason Bogies of The Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
www.lakemirabel.com /Railroad/Boston1.html   (2218 words)

  
  The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
From its inception, Revere Beach was "the people's beach", used mostly by the working class and the many immigrants who chose to settle in the area.
The beach began to deteriorate in the 1950s, and by the early 1970s had become a strip of honky tonk bars and abandoned buildings.
The Beach was the focus of a major revitalization effort by the MDC and the City in the 1980s and was officially reopened in May 1992.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Revere_Beach   (724 words)

  
 Brief History of Revere
The City of Revere is situated in eastern Massachusetts (Suffolk County) and borders Winthrop, East Boston and Chelsea to the South, Everett and Malden to the West, Saugus and Lynn to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
The completion of the Eastern Railroad, in 1838, (later to become the Boston and Maine) and the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn railroad (the Narrow Gauge) in 1875 signaled the beginning of rapid population growth for the town and the development of the Beach as a summer resort.
By this time, the Beach had become a lively and heavily used resort area, but because of the closeness of the tracks to the water at high tide and the number of beach structures, it was not safe.
www.revere.org /history.htm   (2124 words)

  
 Revere Beach
A ferry connection from the railroad's southern terminus at East Boston connected to Rowe's Wharf in the city of Boston proper, with a connection to the Atlantic Avenue Elevated (from 1901 to 1938).
The railroad was highly successful, carrying commuters into Boston and the Boston urban population to the seaside resorts.
Revere was the eldest surviving son of Apollos Rivoire, a Huguenot refugee from Wallonia who had anglicized his name to Paul Revere.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/174/revere-beach.html   (1285 words)

  
 Lynn Massachusetts, 1890
Lynn is bounded on the north by Peabody and Salem, east by Swampscott and its harbor, on the south by its own harbor, and on the west by Saugus.
The villages are Glenmere, Highlands, Linwood, East Lynn, West Lynn, Lynnmere, Stetsonville and Wyoma.
Lynn is with one exception the oldest settlement in Essex County.
capecodhistory.us /Mass1890/Lynn1890.htm   (1243 words)

  
 RevereBeach.com: National Historic Landmark
True, not everything built on the beach remains -- in fact some would argue that some structures were never meant to last -- but the design is intact and the beach is still used by people who come from far and wide.
Revere Beach was one of the primary links in the country's first regional landscape plan, the Boston Metropolitan Park System.
After all, as a public beach it is no one person's obligation to care for it and take part in its revitalization -- it is the obligation of every one of us.
www.reverebeach.com /NationalHistoricLandmarks.htm   (602 words)

  
 Meet Boston, Jan. 24, 1941
The line from Boston to Lynn was started in 1871, as a low-fare competition for the old "Eastern Railroad," which also ran to a terminus on the East Boston waterfront and required a ferry from that point to serve as connection into town.
The new road also served the growing beach district which had recently changed its name from Chelsea Beach to Revere Beach, and the growth of Revere Beach from then on was largely due to the little passenger trains that kept coming through, bringing people to and from Boston or Lynn.
The narrow railroad, with its tiny trains and almost miniature locomotives, was an interesting sight as well as useful transportation for nearly 70 years.
www.sidis.net /mb012441.htm   (500 words)

  
 Cranberry Jct Ornament
The fare from Boston to the beach was a “nickle.” Going to the Beach on the Narrow Gauge Three feet wide and eight and a half miles long, the BOSTON REVERE BEACH AND LYNN Railroad was built in 1875 from the East Boston ferry pier to the nearby industrial city of Lynn.
The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad was the largest single factor in the development and growth of Revere.
"Revere Beach was the place to go to be entertained, have fun or to just relax and enjoy a day at the beach," For more than a century, beginning each year from Easter time until Labor Day, visitors from all over the world were entertained at Revere Beach.
www.cranberryjct.com /_wsn/page5.html   (1765 words)

  
 myLargescale.com - MasterClass - All About Your Garden Railroad & G Scale Trains
The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad officially started life on May 23, 1874, with the granting of its corporate charter by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The life of this three-foot-gauge New England railroad, or simply the "Narrow Gauge" as the BRBandL patronage affectionately referred to the railroad, was destined to span 66 years, ending when the line was finally abandoned on January 27, 1940.
Alpheus P. Blake and associates of The Boston Land Company were looking for opportunities to develop the immense tracts of land that the company held title to along the shore between Boston and Lynn.
www.mylargescale.com /articles/masterclass/mc2/mc2-05/mc2-05-04.asp   (1059 words)

  
 Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad - meaning of word
A ferry connection from the railroad's southern terminus at East Boston, Massachusetts connected to Rowe's Wharf in the city of Boston, Massachusetts proper, with a connection to the Atlantic Avenue Elevated (from 1901 to 1938).
Between 1896 and 1900, the part along Revere Beach, formerly running right along the beach, was relocated inland to lie next to the Eastern Railroad (Massachusetts)'s Chelsea Beach Branch.
The right of way from East Boston to Revere, a length of 4.3 miles, was utilised in 1952–1954 to build part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Blue Line (MBTA) rapid transit line.
www.wordsonline.org /Boston,_Revere_Beach_and_Lynn_Railroad   (854 words)

  
 Winthrop Massachusetts, 1890
consists of an irregular peninsula forming the northeastern boundary of Boston Harbor, five miles from Boston; being the easterly extremity of Suffolk County.
The Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad makes a circuit of the town, and connects with places outside by means of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad at Winthrop Junction.
The Methodists, Baptists, Unitarians, Episcopalians and Roman Catholics each have church edifices, and at the beach are two union chapels where worship is conducted in the summer.
www.capecodhistory.us /Mass1890/Winthrop1890.htm   (500 words)

  
 National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)
Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts, was one of the intital components of the country's first regional landscape system, the Boston Metropolitan Park System.
Eliot’s plan called for the reclamation of the beach from intense private development, stipulated the relocation of the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad from the top of the beach and directed the placement of a boulevard and structures for bathing to emphasize the natural curve of the beach.
Eliot's landscape design for the beach park is largely intact and is clearly evident in the current configuration of beach, roadway, promenade and beachside structures.
tps.cr.nps.gov /nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-203013429&ResourceType=Site   (242 words)

  
 Bull market - The Boston Globe
Kelly's Roast Beef is across the street, and if the birds are lucky, some newbie might try to eat her sandwich on the beach.
From East Boston and Lynn to Beverly and Ipswich, hot roast beef sandwiches are as familiar north of Boston as fried clams and lobster rolls are all along the coast.
At Kelly's on Revere Beach, the '70s and '80s ''were the heyday," says manager Orlandello, an employee of 44 years.
www.boston.com /ae/food/articles/2005/11/02/bull_market   (1223 words)

  
 Boston: A Guide Book - Section III
Bath ing beach with city bath house; long pier extending out into the harbor, with drawbridge connecting it with Castle Island (here is Fort Independence, now disused) and a breakwater opposite, form ing a pleasure bay for small boats.
Boston, Cambridge, Watertown, Waltham, Weston, Newton, and Wellesley.
Reached by trains on Boston and Maine Railroad (Western Division) to Wakefield, or by trolley car from Sullivan Square terminal of the elevated railway via Malden and Melrose.
www.kellscraft.com /BostonGuideBook/BostonGuideBookSection3Page.html   (1319 words)

  
 Revere Beach, Revere Massachusetts
Peter McCauley's collection of old photographs is outstanding and we felt this would be an excellent way to display some of the beautiful history of Revere Beach.
From 1875, the year which the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad (B. RB and L. RR), better know as the Narrow Gauge, was born, the crowds on hot summer days became larger until the early 1900s.
It would not be uncommon to have 100,000 persons sharing the sea and the amusements at Crescent Beach, as it was then called.
www.reverebeach.com /pm/mccauley-template.htm   (235 words)

  
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The book in the Boston Athenæum was John Fenno's, given to that library by his daughter, Mrs.
Her version of the highwayman story was that John Fenno captured Walton and returned with him to Boston.
© 2003 The Proprietors of the Boston Athenæum.
www.bostonathenaeum.org /highwayman.html   (1909 words)

  
 Telephone Equipment in Railway Applications
I was told at the time that the railroads were among the first to switch from telegraph to telephone, much before the rest of the country.
A delay to one train, however, could adversely affect the operation of the entire railroad as opposing trains either had to wait for the late train to pass the scheduled meeting place or proceed slowly while a flagman walked ahead prepared to stop the late train.
Railroad operations in the early days required many people to be located along the railroad.
www.telephonetribute.com /railroad_phone_equip.htm   (2914 words)

  
 Northeast Expressway (US 1)
The sign for "Revere Beach / Lynn" was covered when the expressway opened; it was to lead to the unbuilt section of expressway north of Revere.
Construction of the section of I-95 in Revere and Saugus began in 1967 with the placement of large quantities of fill in the Saugus Marsh.
Soon after the "Lynn Woods" segment of I-95 was canceled, the MassDPW proposed a freeway upgrade of the existing US 1 from Cutler Circle in Revere north to MA 128 (Yankee Division Highway) in Lynnfield.
www.bostonroads.com /roads/northeast   (2618 words)

  
 Classic Trains Magazine - Railroading History, Train Travel, Steam Locomotives - Railroad electrification proposals
Electricity was harnessed for a variety of railroad applications, from high-volume commuter service in crowded cities to heavy-haul freight service in remote mountain areas.
None of the proposals ever materialized, and much of the existing electrification, particularly in the West, was torn down by the end of the 20th century.
In the Spring, 2001 issue of Classic Trains, author William D. Middleton looks at the pioneering railroads that electrified their main lines in the 20th century, the surprising plans for expanding electrification across the United States, and the market forces that ultimately doomed main line electrification and secured the triumph of the diesel locomotive.
www.trains.com /ctr/default.aspx?c=a&id=43   (945 words)

  
 East Boston Expressway (MA 1A)
Anticipating increased traffic loads, he proposed that the East Boston Expressway be constructed in conjunction with a second two-lane tunnel to supplement the existing two-lane Sumner Tunnel.
This improved facility, known as "East Boston Elevated Highway," is designed to connect the Sumner Tunnel with the airport, and to provide a high-speed expressway through East Boston to connect with the existing four-lane semi-expressway to the North Shore.
The I-95 alternatives through Revere would follow either the Boston and Maine Railroad right-of-way and the edge of Saugus Marsh, or a widened Northeast Expressway and Revere Beach Parkway.
www.bostonroads.com /roads/east-boston   (1251 words)

  
 Boston: A Guide Book - Section IV
It is on Boston Street (the old Boston Road), approached from Hanson Street, where the conductor should be signaled to stop.
Plymouth is entered by either the railroad or the trolley line, close to its historic points.
It is but a short distance from the railroad station, and if the visitor comes by train it might well be visited first, although it is in the opposite direction from the other Pilgrim sites.
www.kellscraft.com /BostonGuideBook/BostonGuideBookSection4Page.html   (5856 words)

  
 Daniel Rudsten, 90; playwright, politician became professor - The Boston Globe
He later showed great promise as a politician, representing Boston in the state House of Representatives from 1948 to 1952 and the state Senate from 1952 to 1956.
In a story published in the Boston Post in 1949, Dr. Rudsten said ''Quiet is the Night" is ''all about a boy who worked nights and a girl who worked days and how hard it was for them to see each other.
After the war, he came back to Boston and pitched a couple of Marine Corps tents on the Corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Seaver Street to begin his run for the House of Representatives.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/12/15/daniel_rudsten_90_playwright_politician_became_professor?mode=PF   (873 words)

  
 Boston, Revere Beach, And Lynn Railroad Postcards
The following are old postcard views of the Boston, Revere Beach, and Lynn Railroad.
The railroad operated from the 1870s to the 1930s.
From East Boston, steam trains, and then later electrified coaches, would take passengers to Revere Beach or Lynn.
www.ebmainstreets.com /mbta/brbl.htm   (101 words)

  
 MBTA Blue Line
The surface portion of the line out to Revere began life as the narrow gauge Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad.
These were another heavy rail PCC car and ran from the begining of the Revere extension, to 1979.
This is the deepest of all the MBTA subway stations and is the last station in Boston before crossing under the harbor.
world.nycsubway.org /us/boston/blue   (1836 words)

  
 East Broad Top Railroad
However, it is certain that in 1916 the EBT purchased several passenger cars from the Boston Revere Beach & Lynn and the Au Sable & Northwestern.
Passenger trains on the EBT ended two years prior to the abandonment, and the railroad began to sell off its collection of antique wooden coaches.
By 1956, all that remained in the railroad's possesion was one coach, two combinations, and the president's car.
www.ebtrr.com /equip/passcars.html   (352 words)

  
 Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad aquired the remaining branches.
Few certificates (this may be the only one) exist for the BW&S. Probably, most were destroyed in 1940 when a Federal Court ordered all of The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad's records by burned.
Chartered 2 railroads, "The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad" and the "Eastern Junction, Broad Sound Pier & Point Shirley Railroad" and was a major player in "The Great Lynn Depot War".
www.certificatecollector.com /html/certs/bostonWinthropShore.html   (125 words)

  
 Other New England
One of the most interesting locations that railroads were been built to is Cape Cod.
The Boston Globe recently reported on a commission studying transportation in the Boston area.
The Boston and Maine once had a branch north to Schuylerville that continued west into Saratoga Springs.
www.geocities.com /k_kinlock/other_new_england.htm   (540 words)

  
 AHI: United States: Urban revival: cities must lead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Indeed, the beach itself was made public property only by an early use of eminent domain:
The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad was the largest single factor in the development and growth of
the commitment from the mayor's office to improve the beach and, as a result, the city as a whole, were crucial to his company's decision to build The Atlantica, an 82-unit condominium building.
www.affordablehousinginstitute.org /blogs/us/2005/06/urban_revival_c.html   (1077 words)

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