Records, 1896-1909.

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Records, 1896-1909.

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Documents in this collection are exclusively about the Prison Point Bridge case, mostly auditor's reports detailing how much money the Boston and Lowell Railroad, the City of Cambridge, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had spent on altering the grade for the crossing at Prison Point Bridge.

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Cambridge Historical Commission

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SNAC Resource ID: 8062779

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Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation

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The route for the Boston and Lowell Railroad was surveyed in 1829; one year later the Massachusetts Legislature granted approval for the project. In June 1835, a single track linking Boston and Lowell was completed, making this one of the earliest steam railways in the U.S. In 1895 the Boston and Maine Railroad, lessor of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, decided to eliminate a dangerous grade crossing at Prison Point St. by building an overhead viaduct and bridge connecting Cambridge and Charlest...

Boston and Maine Railroad

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New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

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The collection holds documents related to early southern New England railroads, particularly those that were predecessor lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the railroad predominant railroad in the region from 1872, when it was established through the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, to 1969, when it was absorbed into Penn Central. From the description of New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad Predecess...