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A trolley car crossing the Assabet River at the Powder Mill Woods.

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The trolley first went into service in 1901. Here a car is returning from Concord on Powder Mill Road approaching a turn onto Summer Street.

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Men identified in photos are: Phil Bower, Cornelius Lynch and Ed Ledgard.

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This was the car barn for the former trolley now out of business. The bus company later became the Lovell Bus Line.

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The old Jitney Bus was typical rolling stock of the C, M & H bus line that later became the Lovell Bus Line

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The photo shows the Superintend's House, Power Station, and Car Barn/Office.

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The electricity to run the trolley was generated in this building. It was a brick building with iron trusses, 48 by 120 ft., covered with a wood roof overlaid with tar and gravel.
The interior of the structure had two Babcock & Wilcox boilers…

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The car barn was built by the trolley company in 1901, on the south side of the Great Boston Road, near the intersection of Main Street, Maynard. It was brick construction with a wood roof, measuring 51 ft by 204 ft, having four tracks accommodating…

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The first and third photo shows the car barn before the fire and after it was rebuilt. The other photos show the structure after the fire.

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The first B & M passenger train from South Acton to Maynard was in July 1850.

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The dealership was operated by E. Nelson at 9 Powder Mill Road, Maynard, Mass.

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In the early years of transporting students the town had only one bus. You had to live on the outskirts of town. Mr. White was the owner and driver, and all grades were picked up on the same run.

In this picture campers are being pickup at the…

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Eight folders that contain histories, newspaper clippings, schedules, tickets, boating news, train wrecks and accident information and general information on the state of public transportation in Maynard

A large, brown addressed mailing envelope to
American Woolen Company
Box 666 Grand Central Post Office
New York 17, N.Y.