Description: Ye-Olde Photos Collection Quincy Massachusetts - View From Atlantic Railroad Station (1949) Type 1 Photo "View of Railroad Bridge (Quincy Shore Blvd.) our Colony R.R. tracks - view from Atlantic Railroad Station inbound side - Quincy - Sept. 21, 1949" This is a stunning photograph of a trolley in Quincy Mass at Atlantic Railroad Station in 1949. The image captures the essence of the station and its surroundings, making it a great addition to any collection. The photograph is of high quality and is perfect for anyone interested in transportation and railroadiana in Norfolk County Mass. Ma. The Old Colony Railroad opened through Quincy in November 1845. Several local stops were soon added; Squantum Road was open by 1848. The Old Colony built its Gravel Branch from the mainline in northern Quincy west to Montclair in 1848, but abandoned it the next year. By the late 1850s, North Quincy was located at Atlantic Avenue (now Sagamore Street). It was called Atlantic by 1866. In 1871, the Gravel Branch was rebuilt, extended, and connected to the Granite Railway as the Granite Branch. It diverged from the mainline just south of Atlantic station. New station buildings – low brick structures very similar to the extant building at Norwood Central – were built at Atlantic and Quincy in 1900. The new Atlantic station building was slightly north of the old structure. The marshland between North Quincy and Wollaston Heights was filled and developed in the late 19th century. Norfolk Downs was built in 1892 as an infill station to serve a residential development of the same name created by Wood, Harmon & Co. Regular service began around April 1892, while the station building was completed later that year. The station was a single-story Romanesque structure built of brick and Longmeadow brownstone, with a round turret at one corner. The waiting room measured 25 by 30 feet (7.6 m × 9.1 m) and was finished with quartered oak. The station was located on the west side of the tracks just south of Broadway (now Holbrook Road), opposite Billings Road. (The Old Colony had left-hand running until 1895, so the building was positioned to serve trains inbound to Boston.) The station cost $10,000 to construct (equivalent to $303,000 in 2023). Passenger service on the Granite Branch ended in 1940. Ridership on the Old Colony system declined further after World War II, and the New Haven decided to abandon the line in the late 1950s. Emergency subsidies kept the lines open during construction of the Southeast Expressway, but all passenger service to Atlantic, Norfolk Downs and the rest of the former Old Colony system was ended on June 30, 1959. The image is a Type 1 photo and is sure to impress anyone who sees it. It is a great piece of history and would make a wonderful conversation starter. This photograph is perfect for collectors or anyone who appreciates the beauty of vintage transportation memorabilia.
Price: 30 USD
Location: Stoughton, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-12-12T00:21:50.000Z
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