The Bay State Street Railway Company (Bay State) was formed out of the merger of the Boston and Northern Street Railway (B&N), operating north of Boston, and the Old Colony Street Railway (OC), operating south of Boston. On December 12, 1917, the Bay State went into receivership.[2] The Bay State was acquired by Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company on January 15, 1919.[3]
The Old Colony began operations on July 5, 1881 as the Brockton Street Railway Company[4] The corporate name of the company was changed to Old Colony on February 7, 1901.[5]
The B&N was chartered April 6, 1859 by Special Act of Legislature (chapter 202, Acts of 1859) as the Lynn and Boston Railroad Company (L&B), renamed July 23, 1901 to the Boston and Northern Street Railway Company (B&N) under authority of Chapter 360, Acts of 1891.
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Bay State Street Railway manhole cover, September 2010
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^"Annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners (1881)". Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners via Internet Archive. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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state, street, railway, company, horse, drawn, electric, streetcar, railroad, operated, streets, boston, massachusetts, communities, directly, north, stretching, into, hampshire, south, extending, into, rhode, island, city, immediate, successor, eastern, massa. The Bay State Street Railway Company was a horse drawn and electric streetcar railroad operated on the streets of Boston Massachusetts and communities directly north stretching into New Hampshire and south extending into Rhode Island of the city Its immediate successor was the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway and its modern successor is the state run Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MBTA 1 1913 Bay State Street Railway map Contents 1 History 2 Constituent companies 2 1 Old Colony Street Railway Company 2 2 Boston and Northern Street Railroad Company 3 Divisions 4 ReferencesHistory editThe Bay State Street Railway Company Bay State was formed out of the merger of the Boston and Northern Street Railway B amp N operating north of Boston and the Old Colony Street Railway OC operating south of Boston On December 12 1917 the Bay State went into receivership 2 The Bay State was acquired by Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company on January 15 1919 3 Constituent companies editOld Colony Street Railway Company edit Main article Old Colony Street Railway The Old Colony began operations on July 5 1881 as the Brockton Street Railway Company 4 The corporate name of the company was changed to Old Colony on February 7 1901 5 Boston and Northern Street Railroad Company edit Main article Boston and Northern Street Railway The B amp N was chartered April 6 1859 by Special Act of Legislature chapter 202 Acts of 1859 as the Lynn and Boston Railroad Company L amp B renamed July 23 1901 to the Boston and Northern Street Railway Company B amp N under authority of Chapter 360 Acts of 1891 Divisions edit nbsp Bay State Street Railway manhole cover September 2010 The Bay State had 16 divisions NORTH Chelsea 214 Broadway Gloucester 100 Main Street Haverhill 3 Water Street Salem 237 Essex Street Lawrence 586 Essex Street Lowell 5 Merrimack Square Lynn 333 Union Street Nashua 150 Main Street Wakefield Reading Square Woburn North Warren Street Woburn Center SOUTH Brockton 87 Main Street Fall River 794 North Main Street Hyde Park 435 Hyde Park Avenue Newport Vernon Avenue Quincy Hancock Street Taunton 20 Winthrop Street References edit First Annual report of the Public Service Commission and the forty fifth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners 1914 Massachusetts Public Service Commission via Internet Archive Retrieved January 24 2019 Public Documents of Massachusetts Internet Archive Acts and resolves passed by the General Court Internet Archive Annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners 1881 Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners via Internet Archive Retrieved January 24 2019 Annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners 1901 Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners via Internet Archive Retrieved January 24 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bay State Street Railway amp oldid 1175783744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
