Boston's Red Line: Bridging the Charles from Alewife to Briantree

ISBN-13: 9781531606749 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 130 str.

Frank Cheney

Opis

When the Boston Elevated Railway Company broke ground for the Cambridge Subway in May 1909, its intention was to provide the cities of Boston and Cambridge with the finest and most efficient rapid-transit system of the time. Other cities, such as New York and Philadelphia, paid close attention, adopting many of the Cambridge Subways revolutionary design features. The subway became known as the Red Line and eventually extended from Cambridge across the Charles River through Boston, serving Dorchester, Braintree, and Mattapan.

Bostons Red Line: Bridging the Charles from Alewife to Braintree details one of Bostons oldest and busiest subway lines. This nostalgic collection of vintage photographs documents the lines construction and its engineers and leaders, such as Maj. Gen. William A. Bancroft, mayor of Cambridge and president of the Boston Elevated Railway Company. In these pages, watch as crews break ground in Harvard and Andrew Squares and see the 1929 trolleys that replaced Mattapans commuter train service. Through exciting, historic photographs, Bostons Red Line: Bridging the Charles from Alewife to Braintree tells the fascinating story of how the Crimson Citys subway became the modern Red Line, taking passengers beneath the streets of Boston to landmarks such as Harvard Square, Massachusetts General Hospital, historic Park Street, and the Longfellow Bridge.