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A view of Main Street at the Maynard (Masonic) Block and the band stand. The post office was in the Masonic Block, 100 Main St.

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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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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 is on Nason St. returning from South Acton. The watering trough in the foreground is now at the corner of Acton and Summer Streets in front of the fire station.

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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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This photo shows the power station, then St. Casimir's Church, and the car barn, occupied by Atkins and Merrill Inc, of the former Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway Company. Both buildings have flat roofs, a facade was put on the church…

The folder contains newspaper clippings, photo copies of pictures, maps, an assessment of the historical significance of the car barn and other related materials.

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The Concord, Maynard and Hudson trolley opened in 1901 and later was extended from Maynard to South Acton and West Acton. This small booklet was produced to give guidance to the employees of the trolley. Note on the sample page 24 the procedure to…

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A promotional brochure produced by the Concord, Maynard & Hudson trolley and sponsored by various merchants along the route from Hudson to Concord. From the introduction: "The completion of the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway connects…