All posts tagged "transportation"
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24.0K3Business and LaborFlashback Photo: The Maine Stagecoach Driver Who Got a $100 Tip
Sumner Davis discovered a way to make money in the stagecoach business that didn’t involve passengers or mail – but it did...
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8.8K5Business and LaborFlashback Photo: Connecticut Cracks Down on the Horseless Carriage With the 1st Speed Limit
On May 21, 1901, the Connecticut Legislature passed a speed limit law aimed at mitigating a brand-new menace on the roads: the...
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4.5KBusiness and LaborMartha Coit Journeys from New London to Boston, 1726
A trip to Boston to buy clothes all the way from New London was no small matter in 1726, as Martha Coit...
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19.4K16Business and LaborThe Middlesex Canal, New England’s Incredible Ditch
The Middlesex Canal, now largely forgotten, was a 27-mile waterway that drove the industrialization of the Merrimack Valley for 50 years starting...
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7.4K3Business and LaborLewis Downing Conquers the West With the Concord Coach
The Concord Coach might have been called the Lexington Wagon had Lewis Downing decided against visiting his fiancee in New Hampshire. A...
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