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    The Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad line in eastern Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in 1873 and was converted...
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    initially used the Consolidated's Lake View line (the former Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad), which ran partially on private right-of-way west of the...
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    Shrewsbury (/ˈʃruzberi/ SHROOZ-bury) is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,325 according to the 2020 United...
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    (Operated by Pan Am Railways) Pioneer Valley Railroad (PVRR) (Pinsly) Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) (Genesee and Wyoming) Amtrak (AMTK) Berkshire Scenic...
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    Mar. 29, 1929, Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad Co. and Worcester and Shrewsbury Street Railway Co. were consolidated with the Worcester Consolidated Street...
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    industry in Worcester would not begin to thrive until the opening of the Blackstone Canal in 1828 and the opening of the Worcester and Boston Railroad in 1835...
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    was an amusement park located in Shrewsbury, a suburb of Worcester, Massachusetts. It bordered Lake Quinsigamond and ran from 1905 to 1960. White City...
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    Lake Quinsigamond (category Shrewsbury, Massachusetts)
    Worcester and the town of Shrewsbury in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) long, between 50 and 85 feet (15 and 26 m)...
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    former East Worcester School and Norcross Factory is set on Worcester's east side, at the junction of Shrewsbury Street and East Worcester Street, just...
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    Westborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 21,567 at the 2020 Census, in over 7,000 households. Incorporated...
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    in Worcester Country to work on the railroads and construct the Blackstone Canal. St. John's Church was established in 1834 in the City of Worcester. It...
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  • Spag's (category Shrewsbury, Massachusetts)
    department store on Route 9 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The store was considered an early pioneer of discount retailing and was notable for its longtime...
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    station building remains largely intact and is currently used as a restaurant. The Boston and Worcester Railroad, which had opened from Boston to Newton...
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    Grafton station (category MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Worcester County, Massachusetts)
    in 2000. The Boston and Worcester Railroad, which later became part of the Boston and Albany Railroad (B&A) opened to Worcester on July 4, 1835.: 342 ...
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    Grafton, Massachusetts (category Towns in Worcester County, Massachusetts)
    Saundersville and Axtell Corner. The town borders on Shrewsbury, Westborough, Upton, Northbridge, Sutton, Millbury and the city of Worcester. By the 2010...
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  • Salisbury Road Saxton Scarborough Sheffield Circle Sherwood Forest Shrewsbury Lane Shrewsbury Road Southbank Southend Southgate Southminster Circle Southport...
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    Grafton State Hospital (category Hospitals in Worcester County, Massachusetts)
    A former Boston & Worcester Railroad line, now owned by CSX Transportation and used by the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester Line, bisects the campus...
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    followed what are now Massachusetts Route 67 and Massachusetts Route 9 from Worcester to Palmer via Shrewsbury and Northborough. The 1953 Massachusetts Department...
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  • List of rail accidents (before 1880) (category Lists of railway accidents and incidents)
    this. 12 August – 1853 Providence and Worcester head-on collision – United States – Two Providence and Worcester Railroad passenger trains are in a head-on...
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    Boston Post Road (category Historic trails and roads in the United States)
    to Worcester; an unnumbered road (Lincoln Street in Worcester, Main Street in Shrewsbury, and West Main Street in Northborough) to Northborough; and U...
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    The Catskill and Tannersville Railway was a historic 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad operating in New York. Also known as "The Huckleberry", the C&T...
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    and Northampton/London Euston. On the Snow Hill lines, services operate hourly from Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester Foregate Street via Shirley and do...
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  • Springfield (South-End) Taunton Waltham West Springfield, Massachusetts WorcesterShrewsbury Street Caspian Clinton Township, Macomb County Deerton Detroit (Eastern...
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    List of historic houses in Massachusetts (category Lists of buildings and structures in Massachusetts)
    Grafton Willard House and Clock Museum Shrewsbury General Artemas Ward House Rev. Joseph Sumner House, built in 1797 Worcester Salisbury Mansion – built...
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  • List of defunct amusement parks in the United States (category Lists of former buildings and structures)
    property has been purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad and elegautly [sic] fitted up for Picnic and Pleasure Parties. "Rocky Springs Park History"....
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    George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home (category Buildings and structures in Woodstock, Vermont)
    H. Billings (1823–1890), a businessman and philanthropist who was a cofounder of the Northern Pacific Railroad. It is also architecturally significant...
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    were built at Brush's Falcon Works in Loughborough and at British Railways' Crewe Works between 1962 and 1968, which made them the most numerous class of...
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    municipalities. Many others today are neighborhoods, once organized about a railroad passenger station or post office. † -- County seat ^ -- Consolidated city-county...
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    Grazulis 2001a, p. 198 O'Toole 1993, p. 146 "Tornado". The Evening Gazette. Worcester, Massachusetts. June 10, 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 2013-09-16. Grazulis 2001b...
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    Pletcher 2006, p.157 June 7–9, 1953 — The Flint – Worcester Outbreak "A Look Back: The Worcester Tornado of 1953". National Weather Service. Archived...
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