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File Folder for the Baker Bridge Train Wreck - 1905
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…
Early Automobile in Maynard - ca. 1910
Dr. Frank U. Rich and his daughter, Gertrude, are seen driving one of the first automobile owned by a Maynard resident.
Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railroad Car Barn
The trolley car barn as seen from Summer Hill Road
Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway Company - 1901
The photo shows the Superintend's House, Power Station, and Car Barn/Office.
Checks for Comeau Company - 1920's
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)
Centennial Monograph: Transportation
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.
Centennial Monograph: The Horseless Carriage in Maynard
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.
Car Barn Fire - 1918
Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway
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.
Car Barn - ca 1901
Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway
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…
By The Wayside - 1901
Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway
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…
Boston and Maine Railroad Yard - early 1900's
Maynard, Mass.
The Assabet Mills is on the right behind the Mill Pond. The train depot is center back.
Boston and Maine Railroad Train on Bridge - ca 1890's
Maynard, Mass.
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.
Boston and Maine Railroad at Summer St. Crossing - ca 1903
Maynard, Massachusetts
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.
Boston & Maine Railroad Train Wreck at Baker Bridge - 1905
Lincoln, Massachusetts
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…
Boston & Maine Railroad Train Wreck - 1902
At the Florida Rd. railroad bridge (Assabet House is visible in the background).