Nashua River, Massachusetts Central Railroad

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Title

Nashua River, Massachusetts Central Railroad

Subject

West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Railroads - Massachusetts - West Boylston - History

Description

View across the valley from Prospect Street towards East





Main Street In the middle of the image through the valley flows the





Nashua River spanned by the trestle for the Massachusetts Central





Railroad on the far right. On the hill above the valley from left to right are





the Baptist (Old Stone) Church, St. Anthony's Church, and the rectory.





Visible through the line of trees is the High School. The first library





for the Town was housed on the first floor. Note that clearing has





begun in the valley to make way for the Wachusett Reservoir. Circa





1895-1905.

Creator

Sargent, Edgar E.

Publisher

Relation

Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass. http://www.beamanlibrary.org/ on August 27, 1963 by Miss Martha A. Sargent.

Format

Image/jpg

Type

Image

Coverage

1895-1905

Files

Citation

Sargent, Edgar E., “Nashua River, Massachusetts Central Railroad,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed June 19, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1429.

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