Author: Hill, John B.; et al.
Title: Manuscript Copy of Proceedings of Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Salem Street Railway
Description: Salem, MA, By the authors, 1870. First Edition. Manuscript; 9 3 /4 x 7 3/4; single sheet, pp. [2]; intersecting crease lines and mild age-toning; in very good condition. Salem Street Railroad Company - the city's first railway - was incorporated in 1862. A "horse railroad" system, it would be reorganized as Naumkeag Street Railway Company in 1875 and by the late 1880s - it would have 105 cars, 390 horses, and 30 miles of track. In the 1890s, it would be acquired by the Lynn & Boston Railroad Company. Very good .

Keywords: Railway, Massachusetts


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