Trains Crossing Boston’s Back Bay 1835

Date: 1835
Creator: John Warner Barber
Publisher: Warren Lazzell, 1844
Source Collection: WardMaps LLC

Boston In Transit - The Book
Figure 1.41 - Trains Crossing Boston’s Back Bay, 1835
A Boston & Providence passenger train (foreground) travels across the “dizzy bridge” towards Boston, crowned by the dome of the Massachusetts State House (top center). A Boston & Worcester train (far left) heads away from the city. This view was engraved and published by John Barber one year after the Boston & Providence brought the first passenger train service to Boston.

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