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First photo shows Main Street looking toward the center of town. The Assabet Mill is on right and the poles show the town is electrified with telephone service.

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Top: B & M Bridge, Mill Street Bridge
Bottom: Ben Smith Dam, Main St. School

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Standing near the Boston & Maine Railroad Station (Railroad Street block is visible in the rear).
Third from left is George Salisbury, Maynard Station Agent.

Time table for the Boston to Fitchburg line including the Ashburnham, Greenville, Watertown and Milford Branchl.

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Looking east on Main Street. Located at xx Main Street. Built in 1850. It was turn down in 1957.

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Pictured is the train about to leave for Boston. Before the arrival of automobiles several trains per day left Maynard for Boston and Marlboro.

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First photo taken 1902, the second in 1912.
Located on Main Street across from the Assabet Mill. The first picture was taken in the early 1900's by R.J. Keep of East Jaffrey, NH from where the Country Store [formerly] stood. Enlargement was made by…

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

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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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Sunday, April 16, 1911. See A89, A263

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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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A railroad issued chart of the cents of freight per 100 lbs.

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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.