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

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April 6, 1859

Lynn and Boston Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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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, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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November 19, 1888

Lynn and Boston Railroad Company begins operation of its first electric cars in Lynn.

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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, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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October 1892

Lynn Belt Street Railway Company is acquired by Lynn and Boston Railroad Company.

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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, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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May 1893

East Middlesex Street Railway Company leases its property to Lynn and Boston Railroad Company for a period of 99 years.

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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, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1900

Wakefield and Stoneham Street Railway Company is acquired by Lynn and Boston Railroad Company.

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"Boston and Northern Street Railway." Wikipedia. 8-17-2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Northern_Street_Railway.

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May 6, 1901

Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Street Railway Company consolidates into Lynn and Boston Railroad Company.

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O. R. Cummings. "Early Trolley Days." In Nashua Streetcars, 14-23. 0.

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July 23, 1901

Lynn and Boston Railroad Company is renamed to Boston and Northern Street Railway Company.

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O. R. Cummings. "Early Trolley Days." In Nashua Streetcars, 14-23. 0.

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