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A History of the Boston and Maine Railroad: Exploring New Hampshire's Rugged Heart by Rail

By Bruce D. Heald

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2007
ISBN
9781625844057, 9781596293601, 2007035334
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
8 MB (7906974 bytes)
Series
Brief History
Pages
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Time added
2022-09-29 23:33:33
HIS000000HistoryNonfiction

Description

On June 27, 1835, New Hampshire chartered the Boston & Maine Railroad, and a juggernaut was born. By 1900, the B&M operated some 2,300 miles of track in northern New England, having taken over an astonishing forty-seven different railroads since its inception. The B&M loomed particularly large in the Granite State, where it controlled 96 percent of all tracks and was the primary conveyance through the rugged heart of New England s most formidable mountain range.From the gravity-defying Mount Washington Cog Railway to logging transport trains to the famous Depression-era Snow Train, A History of the Boston & Maine Railroad traces the fascinating history of New England's most renowned railway.

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