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| | Brattleboro Museum and Art Center History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | With the railroad came the faster pace of modern life and the promise of economic development, but on September 1, 1966 the Central Vermont and the Boston and Main terminated regular passenger service and the Union Station was closed, ending the era of the railroad. |
 | | During the 1950's, the construction of the interstate highway system, the popularity of air travel, and new forms of communication reduced Brattleboro's dependence on the railroad as its primary link to the outside world, and the automobile replaced it as the principle mode of transportation. |
 | | In 1916, the Brattleboro Reformer stated, "The new station is a structure in which the community can take pride..." In 1972, Helene Druhl told the Brattleboro selectmen, "Once we get started, the possibilities are endless." These statements are as true today as they were then. |
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