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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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Small, lower bridge is the Litchfield Bridge, a private bridge that gave access to the coal yard.

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The back of the second card is for address only as regulated by the U.S. Post Office. In 1908 address message were allowed on backside.

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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.

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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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A small black and white faded photo of the Boston Clothing Co. and the E. H. Davis storefronts. A large sepia-type photo of the Boston Clothing Store at 10 Nason St., People's Theater at 14 Nason St & E.H. Davis at 12 Nason St. buildings..

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Charles Allen and his son Wayne Allen, a crew from Boston Edison, working on down electric wires and leaning pole at 127 Main St.

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The Boston Edison crew working on down electric wires and leaning pole at 127 Main St. The work crew is Charles Allen and his son Wayne.

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Wooden crates used to transport the beverage bottles to and from the plant on Glendale Street.

The Maydale Bottling Company was established in 1899. At one time delivered throughout New England. The company was originally located at Florida Rd…

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Early promotional Maydale bottle opener with the slogan "An Investment In Good Trade"

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Promotional bottle opener for the beverage company.

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The opposite end of the bottle opener has a pointed tapered tip perhaps for punching holes in a can.

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A cosmetic store at 3-5 Nason St.