Boston & Maine Railroad

Construction on a railroad to connect Andover to Wilmington began in 1835. The line was opened on August 8, 1836. In 1834 Haverhill requested and obtained authority to extend the line to Central Village in Haverhill. The line was extended through New Hampshire during the 1840's to the Maine border under the name of the Boston & Maine Railroad.

People used the railroad for day trips from Boston in the summer after the line was connected to Boston in 1846.

See

• Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996 by Eleanor Motley Richardson, page 203 (974.45 Ric)
• "Commencement of the B&M Railroad," Andover Townsman, July 17, 1914
• Andover Townsman, July 11, 1902, page 6
• High Green and the Bark Peelers: Story of Engineman Henry A Beaulieu and his Boston and Maine Railroad, by Robert Miller Neal. (Andover does not own a copy of this title; there are several available in the consortium)
• History of Essex County, vol. 1, (Andover Room R 974.45 Vol. 1)
• "The Old Railroad," Andover Townsman, December 11, 1914 (This article shows the route of the railroad through Andover.)

Rail Lines of Southern New England

• [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=173321&t=papers%20pamphlets%20and%20reports&tp=title&l=5&d=1&f=at&hc=1&rt=title

Papers, Pamphlets, and Reports Pertaining to the Boston and Maine, and Maine Central Railroads...] by George T. Clark, (Andover Room R 385 Cla)

• The Townswoman's Andover, by Bessie Goldsmith , pages 9 - 11 (974.45 Gol).
• Andover Vertical File - Transportation

--Eleanor 16:31, May 15, 2006 (EDT)

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