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By adamg on Mon, 11/17/2014 - 11:30am
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this photo. See it larger.
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My guess....
D Line at Cleveland Circle?
Milton Lower Mills.
Milton Lower Mills.
Got it.
The Trolly says Mattapan.
Lay Up
Milton Station. Got on and off there many times.
agreed
Trolley says Mattapan and a quick look at a map indicates it's the only station on a curve like that on the high speed line.
Milton
It's gotta be the High Speed Line because while it would fit on the Highland Branch, it was only ever operated by PCCs. (In theory there could have been a Type 5 [?] work car, but it appears to be an in-service vehicle.) Given the station layout, it would be Milton.
Not to mention the round poles
supporting the trolley wire. The Highland Branch has always used I-beams to support the wire.
Good catch......
Should have noticed that!
absolutely
the Milton Station in Lower Mills. You can see the Neponset and Ventura Park in the background.
Agreed, definitely Milton
Agreed, definitely Milton Station. I've gotten on and off there many times. It looks very similar today, except that there is now the 88 wharf condo building to the right of the station.
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Milton Station, on the Mattapan-Ashmont high speed line. I used to live about five blocks away. From the trolley in the photo, I'd say 1930's.
(But, then again, the styles of dress wouldn't support that assumption. That type trolley, however, was definitely supplanted by PCC "Dallas" cars by the time I rode them as a kid, 1960 onward, and I had assumed since mid 40's?)
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Looks like the
mid 1950's and that there might of been a washout by the tunnel. There is a big pump sitting up on the burm on the left side of the pic and a load of mud in the dump truck. It is pretty close to the Neponset.
1955
Post Hurricane Diane.
That Station Floods
In particularly heavy storms, Milton Station does flood. From the view shown in the photograph, the Neponset is to the left a hundred yards or so (a warehouse and parking lot between the station and the river), to the front (where the tracks cross on a bridge) a couple hundred yards, and also somewhat to the right where the Milton Yacht Club is.
I remember - perhaps 1966 or 1967 - that the Neponset completely overflowed its banks and the tracks there were entirely underwater (and rushing water, at that) for a few days.
There used to be a sign posted, in the part of the river nearby to the warehouse side of things, showing the high water mark.
(I am a storehouse of useless info regarding Lower Mills landmarks nobody cares about.)
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
It probably is
Reservoir station on the Green Line's D-Riverside line.
The Answer!
Those of you who guessed the MIlton Station in Lower Mills are correct! Date is August 1955.