All posts tagged "railroads"
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37.6K5Arts and LeisureGeorge Francis Train, One of the Few Sane Men in a Mad, Mad World
George Francis Train, a nutty, attention-seeking businessman, in 1871 traveled around the world in 80 days. The feat caused a sensation, but...
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4.7K32MassachusettsHenry David Thoreau and the Coldest Winter Ever in New England
To Henry David Thoreau, the Cold Friday of 1810 was a well-known phenomenon that came to mind in January 1857, the coldest...
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21.3K51MassachusettsThe Great Northeastern Blackout of 1965
At dusk on Nov. 9, 1965, 11-year-old Jay Hounsell was walking down the road in Conway, N.H. He was on his way...
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8.7K4Flashback PhotosVermont’s Great 1927 Flood
The Great 1927 Flood was easily the worst in the Vermont’s history. Torrential tropical rains of up to 9 inches from November...
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18.9K5Business and LaborThe Hoosac Tunnel Disaster of 1867
The Hoosac Tunnel disaster killed 13 miners in 1867, but the tunnel took the lives of an estimated 180 workers during decades of construction....
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7.5K5Arts and LeisureH.H. Hunnewell, Railroad Baron and Garden Nut
H.H. Hunnewell was a gardening nut who financed railroads and contributed so much to West Needham, Mass., that the town voted to...
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