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The Lynn and Boston Railroad was a
The Thomson-Houston Road at Lynn, Mass.
', The Electrical World, December 8, 1888, page 303
Electric Railway at Lynn, Mass.
', Electric Power, January 1889, page 21 The electrified cars were able to ascend the steep 8% grade into the Lynn Highlands far easier than even a team of four horses.
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streetcar
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport a ...
railway chartered for operations between Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
and Lynn, Massachusetts
Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core. Settled by E ...
in 1859. Following a number of acquisitions, the railway was a part of a 1901 street railway merger that formed the Boston and Northern Street Railway.
The Thomson-Houston Electric Company
The Thomson-Houston Electric Company was a manufacturing company which was one of the precursors of the General Electric company.
History
The Thomson-Houston Electric Company was formed in 1882 in the United States when a group of Lynn, Massa ...
developed and implemented electrification in Lynn on the Highland Circuit route of the Lynn & Boston, the first electrified streetcar in Massachusetts with regular electric service begun November 19, 1888.The Thomson-Houston Road at Lynn, Mass.
', The Electrical World, December 8, 1888, page 303
Electric Railway at Lynn, Mass.
', Electric Power, January 1889, page 21 The electrified cars were able to ascend the steep 8% grade into the Lynn Highlands far easier than even a team of four horses.
Acquisitions
* Boston and Chelsea Railroad
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most p ...
(leased in 1880)
* East Middlesex Street Railway (leased in 1893)
* Essex Electric Street Railway (purchased in 1894)
* Lynn Belt Line Street Railway (purchased in 1894)
* Naumkeag Street Railway (purchased in 1894)
* Salem and Danvers Street Railway (leased to NSR in 1887, lease transferred to L&BSR in 1894)
* Salem Street Railway (leased to NSR, lease transferred to L&BSR in 1894)
* Boston and Revere Electric Street Railway (leased in 1895)
* Gloucester Street Railway (purchased in 1900)
* Gloucester and Rockport Street Railway (leased to GSR in 1895, lease transferred to L&BSR in 1900, purchased by L&BSR in 1901)
* Wakefield and Stoneham Street Railway (purchased in 1900)
* Beverly and Danvers Street Railway (purchased in 1901)
* Winnisimmet Street Railway (leased)
Merger
In 1901, the Lynn and Boston Railroad merged with the Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Street Railway and the North Woburn Street Railway. The result was the formation of the Boston and Northern Street Railway.See also
* Massachusetts list of streetcar systemsReferences
Defunct Massachusetts railroads Railway companies disestablished in 1901 Railway companies established in 1854 Streetcars in the Boston area Transportation in Essex County, Massachusetts American companies established in 1854 1854 establishments in Massachusetts {{US-rail-company-stub