Lynn and Boston Railroad Company
1859 – 1901
- State of Incorporation
- Massachusetts
- Business Purpose
- Street Railway
- Rail Operations
- -1901
- Operations In
- United States: Massachusetts
Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger
- Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Street Railway Company
- Unknown to 1901, Consolidated
- Wakefield and Stoneham Street Railway Company
- 1892 to 1900, Acquired
- East Middlesex Street Railway Company
- 1887 to 1893, Unknown
- Lynn Belt Street Railway Company
- 1889 to 1892, Acquired
Timeline
- April 6, 1859
- Lynn and Boston Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Newport to Nashua - The Bay State/Eastern Mass. System,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 43-65 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990). - November 19, 1888
- Lynn and Boston Railroad Company begins operation of its first electric cars in Lynn.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Newport to Nashua - The Bay State/Eastern Mass. System,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 43-65 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990). - October 1892
- Lynn Belt Street Railway Company is acquired by Lynn and Boston Railroad Company.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Newport to Nashua - The Bay State/Eastern Mass. System,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 43-65 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990). - May 1893
- East Middlesex Street Railway Company leases its property to Lynn and Boston Railroad Company for a period of 99 years.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Newport to Nashua - The Bay State/Eastern Mass. System,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 43-65 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990). - 1900
- Wakefield and Stoneham Street Railway Company is acquired by Lynn and Boston Railroad Company.
Source
“Boston and Northern Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Northern_Street_Railway. - May 6, 1901
- Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Street Railway Company consolidates into Lynn and Boston Railroad Company.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Early Trolley Days,” in Nashua Streetcars, 14-23. - July 23, 1901
- Lynn and Boston Railroad Company is renamed to Boston and Northern Street Railway Company.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Early Trolley Days,” in Nashua Streetcars, 14-23.
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