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First subway car in America

By adamg on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 9:12am
First trolley to go through the Tremont Street subway

Shortly before 6 a.m. on Sept. 1, 1897, this car moved out of a car barn and towards Park Street, where it would officially open North America's first subway service. It was not late.

Photo from the Boston City Archives. Posted under this Creative Commons license.

Neighborhoods: 
Downtown
Topics: 
History
The T
Free tagging: 
Green Line
Park Street


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By Elmer on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 10:44am.

IMAGE(http://www.auntpeaches.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mr-rogers6540.jpg)

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By bohhh on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 12:45pm.

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By cden4 on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 11:11am.

I'm willing to bet it was faster than the Green Line today :-)

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By anon on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 4:58pm.

moves faster than a green line trolley circa 2016.

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By A. Nony. Fox on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 11:20am.

Where was the caah baahn located?

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By anon on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 11:41am.

BOSTON STREET RAILWAY ASSOCIATION, INC. https://thebsra.org/bsra/

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By Ari O on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 12:25pm.

Was it filled with five broken mirrors, four nightstands, three Ikea chairs, two seized dressers and a partridge in a pear tree?

(And, yes someone came up with 12 Days of Allston Christmas)

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By anon on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 10:07pm.

We would not see so many mustaches again until the 1970s. Check out the advertisements inside the trolley!

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By Andrea on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 1:08pm.

"The project was finished early and under-budget." That happens?? I thought the rule of construction is that you can only have one or the other, never both.

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By anon on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 5:56pm.

Since when do we get either?

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