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The file contains newspaper reports of the head on collision in November 26, 1905 of Boston & Maine trains at Baker Bridge, Lincoln resulting in loss of life and injuries. Maynard residents involved in the accident include: Harvey Broadbent, Matthew…

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Dr. Frank U. Rich and his daughter, Gertrude, are seen driving one of the first automobile owned by a Maynard resident.

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The trolley car barn as seen from Summer Hill Road

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

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Two sheets with three blank checks each - Holly, Comeau &Co Storage, Accessories and Repairing. Wm. Holly and John Comeau built the garage at Acton and Main Streets now occupied by Jarmolowicz (Jarmo's)

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A review of various forms of transportation and how they conveyed residents of Maynard, including walking, horseback, stage-coaches, steam trains, electric trolleys, busses and, finally, the automobile.

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The automobile came into use shortly after the incorporation of Maynard. A short account of its introduction and growth of the automobile in town life.

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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 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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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…

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The Assabet Mills is on the right behind the Mill Pond. The train depot is center back.

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Train crossing the Assabet River on bridge off Main Street. The second photo shows the bridge at a later date with a bridge below the train crossing. The bridge was built in 1849 and dismantled in 1982.

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The train has just left the depot heading toward Acton and then Boston. The first train ran over these tracks in 1849, the last in 1958. The Assabet Mills Clock Tower is seen in center left.

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Trains collided at Baker Bridge in Lincoln on the Boston & Maine Railroad on November 26, 1905. Several Maynard people on the train from Boston. Miss May Campbell was killed. Others seriously injured - Mr. and Mrs. Albert Batley, Harvey Broadbent…

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At the Florida Rd. railroad bridge (Assabet House is visible in the background).