Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad: Difference between revisions

The '''Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad''' was a railroad in [[Massachusetts]], which connected [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] and [[Winchendon, Massachusetts|Winchendon]]. It was originally chartered as the '''Barre and Worcester Railroad''' in 1847.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Karr|first=Ronald Dale|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/rail-lines-of-southern-new-england-a-handbook-of-railroad-history/oclc/1038017689?referer=br&ht=edition|title=The Rail Lines of Southern New England|publisher=Branch Line Press|year=2017|isbn=978-0-942147-12-4|edition=2nd|location=Pepperell, Massachusetts|pages=229-231}}</ref> Other than a change in name in Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad in 1849, the company remained a railroad only in name until 1869, when construction began.<ref name=":0" /> Construction to its northern terminus of Winchendon was finished in January 1874. The railroad operated independently until it was taken over by the [[Fitchburg Railroad]] in 1885.<ref name=":0" />

TheOriginally chartered by businessmen in Worcester in 1847, the company waschanged its unablename to the Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad in 1849.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=February 11, 1869|title=The Steam Railroads of Massachusetts|work=[[Boston Daily Evening Transcript]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zTozAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> The railroad's promoters could not raise funds to begin construction at the time, leaving the company a railroad only in name until 1869.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In September 1869,of whenthat year, the city of Worcester voted by an overwhelming margin to give the company $200,000 in aid, allowing construction to begin.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 25, 1869|title=Brief Mention|work=Hartford Weekly Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GdQyAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>